Paragraph 29 The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009 M1 are amended as follows.
In Regulation 2, after the definition of the 2000 Council Regulation, insert—
““the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark;”.
In Regulation 8—
after paragraph (2), insert—
“(2A)Subject to paragraph (5), if an external maintenance order is enforceable in the United Kingdom without prior registration by virtue of Section 1 of Chapter IV of the Maintenance Regulation, the Defence Council, or an officer authorised by them, may make an order authorising a deduction to be made from the pay of a relevant person and to be appropriated in or towards satisfaction of a payment which he is required to make under the maintenance order.”;
in paragraph (5), after “paragraph”, insert “ (2A) or ”;
in paragraph (10)(a)—
in subparagraph (iii), delete “or”;
after subparagraph (iv) insert “ or ”; and
insert
“(v)Section 2 of Chapter IV of the Maintenance Regulation;”.
In Regulation 9, in subparagraph (2)—
after (a), delete “or”;
after (b), insert “ or ”; and
insert—
“(c)the Maintenance Regulation,”.
In Regulation 11, at paragraph (2)(b), for “or 8(2)”, substitute “ , 8(2) or 8(2A) ”.