Article 12 Copies of, and certificates in connection with, maintenance orders

(1)

Without prejudice to the provisions of Rule 10(6) and Rule 11(5) of these Rules, a person wishing to obtain for the purposes of an application for recognition or enforcement in a Contracting State a copy of a maintenance order made by a magistrates' court in England and Wales, and a certificate giving particulars relating to the order and the proceedings in which it was made may apply in writing to the justices' clerk for that court.

(2)

An application under paragraph (1) above shall specify:—

(a)

the names of the parties to the proceedings in the magistrates' court;

(b)

the date or approximate date of the proceedings in which the maintenance order was made, and the nature of those proceedings;

(c)

the Contracting State in which the application for recognition or enforcement has been made or is to be made;

(d)

the postal address of the applicant.

(3)

A justices' clerk who receives an application under paragraph (1) of this Rule shall send by post to the applicant at the address indicated in the application for the purposes an authenticated copy of the order concerned.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3) of this Rule a copy of an order shall be deemed to be authenticated if it is accompanied by a statement signed by the justices' clerk that it is a true copy of the order concerned and giving particulars of the proceedings in which it was made.

(5)

A person wishing to obtain for the purposes of an application made or to be made in another Contracting State or in another part of the United Kingdom in connection with a maintenance order which is registered in a magistrates' court in England and Wales a certificate giving particulars of any payments made and any arrears which have accrued under the order while so registered may apply in writing to the justices' clerk for the registering court, and a justices' clerk who receives such an application shall send by post to the applicant at the address indicated in the application for the purposes a certificate giving the information so requested.