{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-43",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1045",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "article/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Reference for conciliation and report on children",
  "text": "(1) Rules of court shall make provision for ensuring that where—\n(a) a petition for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation has been presented to the court, and\n(b) there are children of the family to whom Article 44 (restrictions on decrees affecting children) applies,\na reference is made to a suitably qualified person—\n(i) to consider the possibility of conciliating the parties to the marriage, and\nHead (ii) rep. by 1995 NI 2\nParas. (2), (3) rep. by 1995 NI 2",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1045/article/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:06.256963+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."
}