# The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993, Article 2

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

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972;
“court in a Hague Convention country” includes any judicial or administrative authority in a Hague Convention country;
“Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations concluded at The Hague on 2nd October 1973; and
“Hague Convention country” means a country or territory specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, being a country or territory (other than the United Kingdom) in which the Hague Convention is in force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/593/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-hague-convention-countries-order-1993/article-2
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