# Magistrates' Courts (Domestic Proceedings) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996, Rule 7: Respondents to application for order under Articles 22 or 22B

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following persons (not being the applicant) shall be made respondents on an application under Article 22 for the variation or revocation of an order that is to say:—
(a) in the case of the variation or revocation of an order made under Article 4(1)(a) or (c), 8, or 9 the parties to the marriage in question;
(b) in the case of the variation or revocation of an order made under Article 20—
(i) the parties to the marriage in question; and
(ii) where the order requires payments to be made for the benefit of a child who has his home with a person who is a parent of the child but not a party to the marriage in question that person;
(c) in the case of the variation or revocation of an order requiring payments to be made to or for the benefit of a child who is 16 years of age or over, that child in addition to the persons who may be respondents by virtue of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) In the case of an application for the revival of an order under Article 22B the respondents shall be the parties to the proceedings leading to the order which it is sought to have revived.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/324/rule/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-7
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