{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-enforcement-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-enforcement-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/17",
  "legislation_title": "Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-enforcement-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 4 of that Act (variation of orders registered in magistrates’ courts) there shall be inserted the following section—\n“ Variation etc. of orders registered in the High Court.\n4A (1) The provisions of this section shall have effect with respect to orders registered in the High Court other than maintenance orders deemed to be made by a magistrates’ court by virtue of section 1(4) of this Act, and the reference in subsection (2) of this section to a registered order shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) The High Court may exercise the same powers in relation to a registered order as are exercisable by the High Court under section 1 of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 in relation to a qualifying periodical maintenance order (within the meaning of that section) which has been made by the High Court, including the power under subsection (7) of that section to revoke, suspend, revive or vary—\n(a) any such order as is referred to in paragraph (a) of section 2(6) of this Act which continues to have effect by virtue of that paragraph; and\n(b) any means of payment order (within the meaning of section 1(7) of that Act of 1991) made by virtue of the provisions of this section.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 10 wholly in force at 1.4.1992 see s. 12(2) and S.I. 1992/455, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/17/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
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  },
  "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."
}