Part 2 – Northern Ireland
119.This Part contains consequential amendments to Northern Ireland legislation necessary for the implementation of the Act.
120.Paragraph 4 amends the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to designate that proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Act are family proceedings.
121.Paragraph 5 amends the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 to provide that proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Act are family proceedings and therefore cannot be the subject of an enforceable conditional fee agreement.