# Guardianship of Minors Act 1971, Section 13: Enforcement of orders for custody and maintenance.

Extent: E+W

(1) Where an order made by a magistrates’ court under this Act contains a provision committing to any person the actual custody of any minor, a copy of the order may be served on any person in whose actual custody the minor may for the time being be, and thereupon the provision may, without prejudice to any other remedy open to the person given the custody, be enforced under section 63(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as if it were an order of the court requiring the person so served to give up the minor to the person given the custody.
(2) Any person for the time being under an obligation to make payments in pursuance of any order for the payment of money made by a magistrates’ court under this Act shall give notice of any change of address to such person (if any) as may be specified in the order, and any person failing without reasonable excuse to give such a notice shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(3) An order of a magistrates’ court for the payment of money under this Act may be enforced in like manner as an affiliation order, and the enactments relating to affiliation orders shall apply accordingly with the necessary modifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/3/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971/section-13
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