# The Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2001, Paragraph 54: The Magistrates' Courts (Recovery Abroad of Maintenance) Rules 1975


For rule 3A(1) substitute—
“(1) Where the justices' chief executive receives an application for the recovery of maintenance in England and Wales sent from the Lord Chancellor to a magistrates' court under section 27B of the Act—
(a) the justices' clerk shall fix the date, time and place for a hearing or a directions appointment, allowing sufficient time for service under this rule to be effected at least 21 days before the date so fixed; and
(b) the justices' chief executive shall serve copies of the application and any accompanying documents, together with a notice stating the date, time and place so fixed, on the respondent.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/615/schedule/paragraph/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-transfer-of-justices-clerks-functions-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-2001/schedule/paragraph-54
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