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Article 4

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Where a magistrates' court dismisses a complaint under section 27 of the Act (application for recovery of maintenance), or a complaint by a person in a convention country for the variation of a registered order, the justices' clerk shall send written notice of the court's decision to the Secretary of State and any such notice shall include a statement of the justices' reasons for their decision.