{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-designation-of-reciprocating-countries-order-1975/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1975/2187",
  "legislation_title": "The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-designation-of-reciprocating-countries-order-1975",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order designates as reciprocating countries for the purposes of Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 the following countries and territories: Barbados, Bermuda, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malta, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories of Canada and the Republic of South Africa. The Order also contains transitional provisions in respect of maintenance orders and proceedings to which the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 applied before the coming into operation of the Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2187/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:47:21.644964+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}