36.—(1) Any declaration made under this Part, and any application for such a declaration, shall be in the form prescribed by rules of court.
(2) Rules of court may make provision—
(a)as to the information required to be given by any applicant for a declaration under this Part;
(b)as to the persons who are to be parties to proceedings on an application under this Part;
(c)requiring notice of an application under this Part to be served on the Attorney-General[F1 and on persons who may be affected by any declaration applied for].
(3) No proceedings under this Part shall affect any final judgment or decree already pronounced or made by any court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) The court hearing an application under this Part may direct that the whole or any part of the proceedings shall be heard in camera, and an application for a direction under this paragraph shall be heard in camera unless the court otherwise directs.
(5) In this Article and Article 37(2) “rules of court”
(a)in relation to an application or declaration under Article 31F2, means[F3 family proceedings rules made under Article 12 of the Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993];
(b)in relation to any other application made to, or declaration made by, the High Court, means rules of court within the meaning of section 21(4) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F4;
(c)in relation to any other application made to, or declaration made by, the county court, means county court rules within the meaning of section 21(5) of that Act.
[F5(6) An appeal shall lie to the county court against—
(a)the making by a court of summary jurisdiction of a declaration under Article 31B,
(b)any refusal by a court of summary jurisdiction to make such a declaration, or
(c)any order under paragraph (6) of that Article made on such a refusal.]