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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-declarations-of-parentage-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2012/rule-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/190",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Declarations of Parentage) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-declarations-of-parentage-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments",
  "text": "In rule 5—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (3)(c) insert “; and”;\n(b) after paragraph (3)(c) insert—\n“(d) Form FL3 for giving notice of the proceedings to the Attorney General.”;\n(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—\n“The clerk of petty sessions shall send the Form FL3, together with a copy of the application and every document accompanying it, to the Attorney General and if the Attorney General intends to intervene in the proceedings, the clerk of petty sessions shall be notified within 14 days of receipt of the FL3 and other documents.”; and\n(d) omit paragraph (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/190/rule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:55.207465+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}