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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Declarations of Parentage) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R.2002 No.158) to provide for—

  • notice of the proceedings and other documents to be served directly on the Attorney General;

  • the clerk of petty sessions to send the notice of the proceedings to the Attorney General; and

  • the Attorney General to be sent a copy of the application and every document accompanying it at the same time as the notice of the proceedings is served.