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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-4-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/321",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 4) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-4-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules.)\nThese Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 in consequence of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 to:\n(a) add a new rule to Order 80 (Disability) providing for the appointment in certain circumstances of a guardian of a child’s fortune or estate;\n(b) amend Order 98 (Matrimonial and Family Proceedings) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to prescribe the procedure for an application for a declaration of parentage;\n(c) revoke Order 74 (Alteration of Maintenance Agreements) and Order 90 rules 6 to 8 (Applications under Guardianship of Infants Act 1886).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/321/note",
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  },
  "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."
}