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1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on the same day as section 1 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015(1).
(2) In these Rules—
(a)“the principal Rules” means the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996(2); and
(b)a reference to an Order, rule, Appendix or Form is a reference to that Order, rule, Appendix or Form so numbered in the principal Rules.
S.R. 1996 No. 322, to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R 1999 No. 88; S.R. 2003 No. 75; S.R. 2005 No. 497; and S.R. 2006 No. 304
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