{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010-and-court-of-protection-rules-2017-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010-and-court-of-protection-rules-2017-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/517",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010-and-court-of-protection-rules-2017-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part 34",
  "text": "(1) Part 34 (reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders) is amended as follows.\n(2) In rule 34.1—\n(a) in paragraph (2), omit the definitions of—\n(i) “the 1982 Act”;\n(ii) “the 1988 Convention”;\n(iii) “the Judgments Regulation”; and\n(iv) “the Lugano Convention”; and\n(b) in paragraph (5), omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).\n(3) In rule 34.2—\n(a) in paragraph (2), omit “and section 5(2) of the 1982 Act”; and\n(b) in paragraph (3), omit “Article 30 of the Maintenance Regulation for a declaration of enforceability of a maintenance order or under”.\n(4) In rule 34.3, omit “the Maintenance Regulation or”.\n(5) In the heading to Chapter 3 of the Part, for the words after “UNDER” substitute “ THE 2007 HAGUE CONVENTION ”.\n(6) In rule 34.28A—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) omit sub-paragraph (a)(i); and\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (c); and\n(b) omit paragraph (2).\n(7) In the heading to Section 1 of Chapter 3 of the Part, for the words after “made in” substitute “ a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention ”.\n(8) Omit rule 34.29.\n(9) In rule 34.30—\n(a) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (d); and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (e), omit “other than a Member State of the European Union”; and\n(b) in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).\n(10) In rule 34.31, in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).\n(11) In rule 34.32, in paragraph (1), for the words after “accordance with” up to and including “registration” substitute “ Article 23 of the 2007 Hague Convention ”.\n(12) In rule 34.34—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for the words after “competent court in” to the end substitute “ a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention ”; and\n(b) omit paragraph (3).\n(13) In rule 34.36A—\n(a) in paragraph (a), omit sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv);\n(b) in paragraph (b), omit sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv); and\n(c) in paragraph (c), omit sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv).\n(14) In rule 34.36B—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit “Article 58 of the Maintenance Regulation, or”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), omit “Article 56 of the Maintenance Regulation or”; and\n(c) in the words in parentheses at the end of the rule, omit “and the Maintenance Regulation”.\n(15) Omit rule 34.36C.\n(16) In the heading to Section 2 of Chapter 3 of the Part, omit “or a Member State of the European Union”.\n(17) In rule 34.38—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for the words after “the UK” up to and including “Lugano Convention, or by” substitute “ or another Contracting State to ”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(c), omit “the 1982 Act, the Judgments Regulation, the Maintenance Regulation or”;\n(c) in paragraph (3), omit “the 1982 Act, the Judgments Regulation, the Maintenance Regulation or”;\n(d) for paragraph (7) substitute—\n“(7) Any request by the family court for the taking or providing of evidence by a court in a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention for the purposes of proceedings to which that Convention applies, or by a court in another part of the United Kingdom, shall be communicated in writing to the court in question.”; and\n(e) omit paragraph (8) and the words in parentheses following it.\n(18) In rule 34.39—\n(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—\n“(1) A person who wishes to enforce a maintenance order obtained in the family court in a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention must apply for a certified copy of the order and, where required by Practice Direction 34A, a certificate giving particulars relating to the judgment and proceedings in which it was given.”;\n(b) omit paragraph (2); and\n(c) in paragraph (5)—\n(i) omit sub-paragraphs (b)(i) to (iv); and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(vi), omit “(other than a Member State of the European Union)”.\n(19) In rule 34.40—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit—\n(i) “and the Maintenance Regulation”;\n(ii) “a Member State of the European Union or”; and\n(iii) “(other than a Member State of the European Union)”; and\n(b) in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (a).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Relevant amendments were made to Part 34 by S.I. 2011/1328, S.I. 2012/679 and S.I. 2012/2806."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/517/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:12.230876+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."
}