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  1. 16Payment of sums under orders made abroad: conversion of currency.
  2. 17Proceedings in the family court in England and Wales or in magistrates’ courts in Northern Ireland
  3. 18Rules of court
  4. 19Rules for sheriff court.
  5. 20Restriction on enforcement of arrears under maintenance order registered in Scotland.
  6. 21Interpretation of Part I.

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1

By S.I. 1982/159, art. 3 para. (1) it is provided that the functions of the Secretary of State under this Act insofar as relating to any matter concerning a court in Northern Ireland or a person residing or believed to reside there are transferred to the Lord Chancellor and by art. 3(2) it is provided that any reference to the Secretary of State, so far as necessary for giving effect to para. (1) of art. 3, to be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor

C2

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (5.4.1993) by Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/593), art. 3(1)(2), Sch. 2, Sch. 3 (as amended (1.4.2005) by S.I. 2005/617, art. 1, Sch. para. 160; (18.6.2011) by S.I. 2011/1484, reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 paras. 25, 26; (22.4.2014) by S.I. 2014/879, arts. 1(1), 30-44; and (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/519, reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 31(3)-(16) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C3

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (5.4.1993) by Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Republic of Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/594), art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 (as amended (1.4.2005) by S.I. 2005/617, art. 1, Sch. para. 161; (18.6.2011) by S.I. 2011/1484, reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28; and (22.4.2014) by S.I. 2014/879, arts. 1(1), 47-58)

C4

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1995) by Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2709), art. 3, Sch. 2 (as amended (1.4.2005) by S.I. 2005/617, art. 1, Sch. para. 163; and (22.4.2014) by S.I. 2014/879, arts. 1(1), 61-73)

C5

Pt. I applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2005), arts. 1, 4, Sch. 1 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (22.4.2014) by S.I. 2014/879, arts. 1(1), 106-117)

C6

Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/354), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. 1, Sch. 2 (with art. 5) (as amended (22.4.2014) by S.I. 2014/879, arts. 1(1), 119, 120)