Regulation 46 Recovery of overdue sumsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Any overdue sums are recoverable—

(a)

summarily as a civil debt; and

(b)

if the High Court or a county court so orders on the application of the Lord Chancellor, as if they were payable under an order of the court in question.

(2)

Where a complaint is made for the recovery of an overdue sum as a civil debt, the powers conferred on a magistrates’ court by section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980^f1 may be exercised by a single justice.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 46 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 43. Section 58 was amended by section 33 of, paragraph 80 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 3 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42).