Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1576 (N.I. 6)

      The Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1993 No. 1576 (N.I. 6)

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Made 23rd June 1993
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(2) and (3)


ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER

Introductory
1.  Title and commencement.
2.  Interpretation.
Marriage
3.  Abolition of requirement for press notices in respect of marriages in register offices.
4.  Marriage between certain persons related by affinity not to be void.
5.  Declarations as to degree of affinity.
Maintenance enforcement
6.  Orders for periodical payment in the High Court and divorce county courts.
7.  Orders for periodical payment in courts of summary jurisdiction.
8.  Variation of orders for periodical payment made under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.
9.  Interest on, and remission of, arrears and supplementary provision for payment by instalments.
10.  Amendment of orders transferred under s. 102 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
11.  Amendments relating to registered or confirmed maintenance orders.
Miscellaneous
12.  Family proceedings rules.
13.  Transfer of certain functions to the Lord Chancellor.
14.  Personal protection orders and exclusion orders.
15.  Oral testimony in divorce.
16.  Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.

SCHEDULES:

  Schedule 1  — Amendments relating to maintenance orders registered in or confirmed by courts of summary jurisdiction or registered in the High Court.

  Schedule 2  — The Northern Ireland Family Proceedings Rules Committee.

  Schedule 3  — Functions transferred by Article 13.

  Schedule 4  — Minor and consequential amendments.

  Schedule 5  — Repeals.

 

Explanatory Note


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