{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-northern-ireland-2005/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-northern-ireland-2005/rule-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/559",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 1 (Forms)—\n(a) in Form C1 (Application for an order)—\n(i) before paragraph 1 insert the following note—\n“Important Note: you should only answer question 6A if you are asking the court to make an Article 8 order.”;\n(ii) after paragraph 6 insert the following new paragraph—\n“”; and\n(iii) in paragraph 9—\n(aa) for “mother and father” substitute “parents”; and\n(bb) after “married to each other” insert “or civil partners of each other”;\n(b) after Form C1 insert the new Form C1AA set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules;\n(c) in Form C2 (Application)—\n(i) before paragraph 1 insert the following note—\n“Important Note: you should only answer question 3A if you are asking the court to make an Article 8 order.”; and\n(ii) after paragraph 3 insert the following new paragraph—\n“”;\n(d) for Form C4 (Acknowledgement) substitute the new Form C4 set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules;\n(e) in Form C7A (Statement of Means)—\n(i) in paragraph 1, after “married” insert “in a civil partnership,”; and\n(ii) in paragraph 2, after “spouse” insert “civil partner,”; and\n(f) in Form C39 for “Article 7” substitute “Article [7(1)][7(1A)]”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/559/rule/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:49:17.636135+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."
}