# The Magistrates' Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules 1986, Article 8: Transfer of registered orders


(1) Where the justices' clerk for the court where an order is registered is of the opinion that the payer under the registered order is residing within the jurisdiction of another magistrates' court in England and Wales he shall transfer the order to that other court by sending the information and documents relating to the registration of the order (that is, the information and documents required under Articles 46 and 47 of the Convention) to the justices' clerk for that other court, and shall cause notice of the same to be given to the payee under the order to which the transfer relates, and to the Secretary of State.
Provided that where an application is pending in the registering court for the registration of the whole or part of the order in the High Court under Part I of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958, the justices' clerk shall not transfer the order, or such part of it to which the application relates, under this paragraph.
(2) On the transfer of an order under paragraph (1) above the justices' clerk for the court to which it is transferred shall register the order in the like manner as if an application for registration had been received under Rule 4 of these Rules.
(3) The justices' clerk who is required by the foregoing provisions of this Rule to send to the justices' clerk for another court information and documents relating to the registration of an order shall send with that information and those documents:—
(a) a certificate of arrears, if applicable, signed by him;
(b) a statement giving such information as he possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer and the nature and location of his assets; and
(c) any other relevant documents in his possession relating to the case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1962/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-rules-1986/article-8
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