SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into operation on 17th June 1996. Business of the Supreme Court 2 Order 1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 shall be amended as follows: a by substituting for rule 12 the following new rule— Assignment to Family Division 12 There shall be assigned to the Family Division— a all causes and matters in relation to i the grant and revocation of probate of wills and letters of administration of estates of deceased persons; ii divorce, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, a decree of presumption of death and dissolution of marriage and any matters arising therefrom or connected therewith; iii the inherent jurisdiction of the court with respect to children; b proceedings under i the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 ; Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 ; the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 ; the Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 ; and the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 ; ii Articles 107 to 110 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 ; in relation to orders made by the court in matrimonial proceedings for the payment of money or by the Enforcement of Judgments Office in relation to the enforcement of such orders; iii Part II of the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 except where those proceedings have been assigned to the Chancery Division under rule 10 of this Order; iv the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 ; v the Family Law Act 1986 ; vi the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ; vii the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 ; viii the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 ; ix Parts IV and V of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ; x the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 as applied with modifications by the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994 ; xi the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; c all causes or matters which under, by virtue of or in pursuance of any statutory provision are assigned to the Family Division. ; and b by substituting for rule 17 the following new rule— Office of Care and Protection 17 There shall be transacted in the Office of Care and Protection all business in connection with— a causes, matters or proceedings assigned to the Family Division under— i rule 12( a )(iii); ii rule 12( b )(iv) to (viii); iii rule 12( b )(x); and b proceedings assigned to the Family Division under— i rule 12( b )(ix) where the application is under Article 33 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; ii rule 12( b )(xi) except where by virtue of any statutory provision the proceedings are required to be brought in a pending cause which is assigned to the Family Division under rule 12( a )(ii). . Brian Hutton R. D. Carswell Anthony Campbell Owen Catchpole Hugh P. Kennedy John MacDermott J. M. Nicholson Dated 13th May 1996. I concur Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 22nd May 1996.