{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-34.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-34.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/34.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "34.5",
  "heading": "Confirmation of provisional orders made in a reciprocating country",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where, in accordance with section 4(1) of the 1920 Act , the court officer receives a provisional maintenance order.\n(2) The court must fix the date, time and place for a hearing.\n(3) The court officer must register the order in accordance with rule 34.3.\n(4) The court officer must serve on the payer—\n(a) certified copies of the provisional order and accompanying documents; and\n(b) a notice—\n(i) specifying the time and date fixed for the hearing; and\n(ii) stating that the payer may attend to show cause why the order should not be confirmed.\n(5) The court officer must inform—\n(a) the court which made the provisional order; and\n(b) the Lord Chancellor,\nwhether the court confirms, with or without modification, or decides not to confirm, the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 4(1) was amended by article 4(1) and (2) of the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates' Courts and Family Law) Order 1992 (S.I.1992/709) and section 1(1) of and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c.56)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/34.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}