Rule 32.22B Method of paymentF1

(1)

This rule applies where the family court exercises its duties or powers under section 4A(2) of the 1958 Act to make, revive or vary any means of payment order within the meaning of section 1(7) of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991.

(2)

Where the court orders that payments under a registered order are to be made by a particular means—

(a)

the court will record on a copy of the order the means of payment which the court has ordered; and

(b)

the court officer will notify, in writing, the person liable to make payments under the order how the payments are to be made.

(3)

Paragraph (4) applies where the court orders that payments be made—

(a)

by the debtor to the creditor; or

(b)

by the debtor to the court;

by a method falling within section 1(5) of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991.

(4)

The court officer will notify the person liable to make payments under the order of sufficient details of the account into which payments should be made to enable payments to be made into that account.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rules 32.22A-32.22D inserted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3204), rules 1, 101 (with rule 137); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2