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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-declarations-of-parentage-rules-northern-ireland-2002/schedule",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/158",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Declarations of Parentage) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-declarations-of-parentage-rules-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Form FL1\nAPPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 5(1)\nForm FL2\nSUMMONS TO RESPONDENT ON AN APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 5(3)\nForm FL3\nNOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 5(5)\nForm FL4\nACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AN APPLICATION UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 7\nForm FL5\nREQUEST TO BE JOINED AS A PARTY TO AN APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 10(3)\nForm FL6\nORDER TO TRANSFER AN APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 12\nForm FL7\nCERTIFICATE OF REFUSAL TO TRANSFER AN APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nMAGISTRATES' COURTS (DECLARATIONS OF PARENTAGE) RULES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002\nRule 12(1)\nForm FL8\nDECLARATION OF PARENTAGE UNDER ARTICLE 31B OF THE MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989\nRule 14",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. in operation at 20.5.2002, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/158",
      "affecting_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Declarations of Parentage) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/158/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:46.426854+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."
}