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The Magistrates' Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) (Amendment) Rules 1983

S.I. 1983/1148 · Made 28 July 1983

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS

PROCEDURE

Made 28th July 1983

Laid before Parliament 1st August 1983

Coming into Operation 1st September 1983

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 18(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, and after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) (Amendment) Rules 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1983.

2

In these Rules “the principal Rules” means the Magistrates' Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 1974f1.

3

Schedule 1 to the principal Rules shall be amended by inserting after the words “United Republic of Tanzania (except Zanzibar)” the following words:—

“Papua New Guinea

Zimbabwe”.

4

Schedule 2 to the principal Rules shall be amended by inserting after the words “United Republic of Tanzania (except Zanzibar)” the following words:—

“Anguilla

Falkland Islands and Dependencies

St. Helena”.

Signature

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C

Dated 28th July 1983

Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 1974. Rules 3 and 4 add to Schedule 1 (reciprocating countries to which documents are transmitted via the Secretary of State) and Schedule 2 (countries and territories in which sums are payable through Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations) certain of the countries and territories which are designated as reciprocating countries for the purposes of Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 by the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1125) which comes into operation on the same date as these Rules.