# Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, Section 28: Applications by spouses under the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) On hearing an application which by virtue of section 27A of this Act is to be treated as if it were an application for a maintenance order under the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978, the family court may make any order on the application which it has power to make under section 2 or 19(1) of that Act.
(2) Part I of that Act shall apply in relation to such an application, and to any order made on such an application, with the following modifications—
(a) sections 6 to 8, 16 to 18, 20ZA, 25, 26 and 28(2) shall be omitted,
(b) ... and
(c) section 32(2) shall be omitted.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above do not apply where section 28A of this Act applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/18/section/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-orders-reciprocal-enforcement-act-1972/section-28
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