# The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act 1958) (Amendment) Rules 1980, Article 10


For paragraph (4) of rule 25 of the rules there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“(4) In these rules—
“the Act” means the Maintenance Orders Act 1958;
“the Act of 1950” means the Maintenance Orders Act 1950;
“appropriate officer of the High Court” means the Senior Registrar of the Principal Registry of the Family Division of the High Court or such district registrar as may be specified by the applicant;
“appropriate officer of the original court” means—
(i) the Sheriff-clerk, in the case of a sheriff court in Scotland;
(ii) the clerk of petty sessions, in the case of a magistrates' court in Northern Ireland;
(iii) the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session, in the case of the Court of Session;
(iv) the Chief Registrar of the Queen's Bench Division (Matrimonial), in the case of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1896/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-maintenance-orders-act-1958-amendment-rules-1980/article-10
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