# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 76


In section 26 (application for recovery of maintenance in convention country), for subsections (6) and (7) substitute—
“(6) The appropriate officer for the purposes of this section is—
(a) where the applicant is residing in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the petty sessions area;
(b) where the applicant is residing in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court for the petty sessions district; and
(c) where the applicant is residing in Scotland, the sheriff clerk or sheriff clerk depute of the sheriff court within the jurisdiction of which the applicant is residing.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/13/paragraph/76 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-13/paragraph-76
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