The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 92 (C. 11)

FAMILY LAW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made

1st March 1999

In the exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 1(2) of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

Appointed day

2.  The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (except Articles 35 and 36 hereof) shall, insofar as it is not already in operation, come into operation on 29th March 1999.

Marjorie Mowlam

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

1st March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 29th March 1999 the provisions of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (except Article 35 (Provision for third parties to act on behalf of victims of domestic violence) and Article 36 (Provision for separate representation for children)) not already in force.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of this Order.)

The following provisions of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 were brought into operation on 10th February 1999 by the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 56 (C. 6)) insofar as they authorised the making of certain Orders and Rules of court, that is to say:—

(a) Article 1 (Title and commencement);

(b) Article 2 (Interpretation);

(c) Article 30 (Transfer of certain tenancies);

(d) Article 34 (Jurisdiction of courts and procedure);

(e) Article 39(4) and (6) and (11) (Appeals);

(f) Article 40(1) and (2) (Orders and regulations); and

(g) Paragraph 1 (Interpretation) and Paragraph 13 (Rules of court) of Schedule 2.

(1)

S.I. 1998/1071 (N.I. 6)