Paragraph 11 Steps to be taken by Lord Chancellor or Secretary of State where payer under certain orders is not residing in the United Kingdom.I1

United Kingdom

(1)

If it appears to the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State that the payer under a maintenance order, a certified copy of which has been received by him from a Hague Convention country, is not residing in the United Kingdom or, in the case of an order which subsequently became a registered order, has ceased to reside therein, he shall send to the appropriate authority in that country–

(a)

the certified copy of the order in question and a certified copy of any order varying that order;

(b)

if the order has at any time been a registered order, a certificate of arrears signed by the prescribed officer;

(c)

a statement giving such information as the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer; and

(d)

any other relevant documents in his possession relating to the case.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 11 in force at 5.4.1993, see art. 1