Rule 21 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

In rule 34.28A(1)^f1, for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

references to a maintenance order include—

(i)

a decision, a court settlement or an authentic instrument within the meaning of Article 2 of the Maintenance Regulation where that Regulation applies;

(ii)

a maintenance decision to which Chapter V of the 2007 Hague Convention applies by virtue of Article 19(1) of that Convention;

(iii)

a maintenance arrangement (as defined in Article 3(e) of the 2007 Hague Convention) which is to be recognised and enforceable in the same way as a maintenance decision by virtue of Article 30 of that Convention;”.