{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-rules-1974/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/668",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-rules-1974",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An application under section 2 of the Act (transmission of maintenance order made in the United Kingdom for enforcement in reciprocating country) may, where the court which made the maintenance order to which the application relates is a magistrates' court, be made in writing by or on behalf of the payee under the order.\n(2) Any application made in pursuance of paragraph (1) above shall—\n(a) specify the date on which the order was made;\n(b) contain such particulars as are known to the applicant of the where-abouts of the payer;\n(c) specify any matters likely to assist in the identification of the payer;\n(d) where possible, be accompanied by a recent photograph of the payer.\n(3) In this rule, “the payer” means the payer under the order to which the application relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/668/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:41:37.569285+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}