The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003

Witnessing of documents

4B.13  A document shall be sufficiently attested for the purposes of this Part of these rules if it is witnessed by one of the following persons –

(a)if it is executed in Northern Ireland, the guardian ad litem, a justice of the peace, any officer of the Supreme Court appointed by the Lord Chief Justice in accordance with section 112 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(1);

(b)if it is executed elsewhere, any person specified in rule 4A.7(2), (3) or (4), according to the country in which it is executed.