The Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993
Introductory
1Title and commencement
2Interpretation
Marriage
Art.3 rep. by 2003 NI 3
4Marriage between certain persons related by affinity not to be void
5Declarations as to degree of affinity
Maintenance enforcement
6Orders for periodical payment in the High Court and divorce county courts
7Orders for periodical payment in courts of summary jurisdiction
8Variation of orders for periodical payment made under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980
9Interest on, and remission of, arrears and supplementary provision for payment by instalments
10Amendment of orders transferred under s. 102 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
Article 11—Amendments
Special measures directions in family proceedings
11KSpecial measures in family proceedings: victims of abusive behaviour
11LPower to alter definition of family proceedings
Miscellaneous
12Family proceedings rules
12AMaking of family proceedings rules
13Transfer of certain functions to the Lord Chancellor
Art. 14 rep. by 1998 NI 6
15Oral testimony in divorce
Article 16—Amendments and Repeals
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1—Amendments
SCHEDULE 2THE NORTHERN IRELAND FAMILY PROCEEDINGS RULES COMMITTEE
1In this Schedule “the Committee” means the Northern Ireland Family Proceedings Rules Committee.
2(1) The Committee shall consist of— (a) the Lord Chief Justice, who shall be chairman;...
3Where any member of the Committee is unable to act, the Lord Chief Justice, or,...
4Rules of court may be made and other powers of the Committee exercised at a...
5In the absence of the Lord Chief Justice, the senior judge present shall be chairman...
6The joint secretaries to the Committee shall be the Principal Secretary to the Lord Chief...
7Such of the joint secretaries to the Committee as the Lord Chancellor may designate shall,...
8The Committee shall not, except with the concurrence of the Treasury, make a rule which...
9Any expenses incurred by the Committee shall be paid by the Lord Chancellor.
SCHEDULE 3FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED BY ARTICLE 13
Article 10(1) of the Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (power to make regulations...
Article 10(1) of the Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (power to make regulations...
Regulation 2(1) of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (so far...
Regulation 2(1) of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (so far...
Article 4(3) and (4) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (power to fix,...
Article 4(3) and (4) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (power to fix,...
Schedule 4–Amendments
Schedule 5–Repeals

1993 No. 1576 (N.I. 6)

The Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Order: functions transferred from Lord Chancellor to Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 43 (with arts. 15(6), 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)