Paragraph 28

proceedings for the establishment of a maintenance order under section 3 of the Act which are continuing on 18th June 2011 pursuant to an application made before that date, save that where a maintenance order is confirmed in those proceedings on or after that date, section 3(6C)(b) does not apply;

proceedings for the variation or revocation of a maintenance order under section 5 of the Act which are continuing on pursuant to an application made before that date;

proceedings for registration of a maintenance order under section 6 of the Act which are continuing on 18th June 2011, where the certified copy of the order has been received by the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State before that date;

enforcement of a registered order pursuant to section 8 of the Act;

the cancellation of the registration, or the transfer, of a registered order pursuant to section 10 of the Act;

steps taken by the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State pursuant to section 11 of the Act in relation to a registered order.

section 9(2) of the Act applies;

section 9(3) of the Act has effect as if for “shall register in the prescribed manner any order varying a registered order” there were substituted “shall record the variation of the order against the original registration.”.

“the Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, and references to particular provisions of the Act are to those provisions as modified by Schedule 1 to the Republic of Ireland Order;

“the Republic of Ireland Order” means the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Republic of Ireland) Order 1993;

“registered order” has the meaning given in section 21(1) of the Act.