Article 12

Where a magistrates' court makes an order, not being a provisional order, varying a maintenance order to which section 5 of the Act (variation and revocation of maintenance order made in the United Kingdom) applies, the justices' clerk shall send written notice of the making of the order to the Secretary of State; and where the order is made by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) of that section, he shall send such written notice to the court in a reciprocating country which would, if the order had been a provisional order, have had power to confirm the order.

Where a magistrates' court revokes a maintenance order to which section 5 of the Act applies, the justices' clerk shall send written notice of the revocation to the Secretary of State and to the court in a reciprocating country which has power to confirm that maintenance order, or by which the order has been confirmed, or in which the order is registered for enforcement, as the case may be.

Where under section 9 of the Act (variation and revocation of maintenance order registered in United Kingdom court) a magistrates' court makes an order, not being a provisional order, varying or revoking a registered order, the justices' clerk shall send written notice of the making of the order to the court in a reciprocating country which made the registered order.

Where under section 7(2) of the Act (confirmation by United Kingdom court of provisional maintenance order made in reciprocating country) a magistrates' court confirms an order to which section 7 of the Act applies, the justices' clerk shall send written notice of the confirmation to the court in a reciprocating country which made the order.