{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-5.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-5.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997",
  "path": "rule/5.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.16",
  "heading": "Application for transmission of order to Hague Convention Country",
  "text": "(1) An application for the transmission of a maintenance order to a Court in a Hague Convention Country for registration and enforcement shall be made by letter addressed to the sheriff clerk.\n(2) There shall be lodged with any such application–\n(a) a certified copy of the relevant order;\n(b) a statement signed by the applicant or his solicitor of any arrears outstanding in respect of that order;\n(c) a statement signed by the applicant or his solicitor giving such information as to the whereabouts of the payer as he possesses;\n(d) a statement signed by the applicant or his solicitor giving such information as the applicant possesses for facilitating the identification of the payer;\n(e) where available, a photograph of the payer;\n(f) a statement signed by the applicant or his solicitor which establishes that notice of the order was sent to the payer;\n(g) if the payee received legal aid in the proceedings, a statement to that effect; and\n(h) if the payer did not appear in the proceedings in which the maintenance order was made, the original or a certified true copy of a document which establishes that notice of the institution of the proceedings was served on the payer.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.16 in force at 1.4.1997, see rule 1.1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/5.16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.022825+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}