Rule 11 Transfer of Proceedings under the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1999F1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where an application for an occupation order or a non-molestation order under the Order of 1998 is pending, the court shall consider (on the application in writing of either party or of its own motion) whether to exercise its powers to transfer the hearing of that application to another court and the court shall make an order for transfer in Form F5 if it seems necessary or expedient to do so.

(2)

Where an order for transfer is made, the clerk of petty sessions shall send a copy of the order to—

(a)

the parties; and

(b)

to the clerk of petty sessions or the chief clerk of the county court or the Master (Probate and Matrimonial) of the High Court as the case may be.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rules 10-13 substituted (29.3.1999) by Magistrates' Courts (Domestic Proceedings) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999/62), rules 1(1), 4 (with rule 7); S.R. 1999/92, art. 2