# The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993, Paragraph 18: Rules of court

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

(A1) Rules of court may make provision with respect to the matters that would be mentioned in any of paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) of subsection (1) as if references in those paragraphs to a magistrates’ court, or to magistrates’ courts, were references to the family court.
(1) The matters referred to in subsections (A1) and (2) are—
(a) the circumstances in which anything authorised or required by this Part of this Act to be done by, to or before a magistrates' court acting in a particular petty sessions district or by, to or before an officer of that court may be done by, to or before a magistrates' court acting in such other petty sessions district as the rules may provide or by, to or before an officer of that court;
(b) the orders made, or other things done, by a magistrates' court, or an officer of such a court, under this Part of this Act, or by a court in a Hague Convention country, notice of which is to be given to such persons as the rules may provide and the manner in which such notice shall be given;
(c) the cases and manner in which courts in Hague Convention countries are to be informed of orders made, or other things done, by a magistrates' court under this Part of this Act;
(d) the cases and manner in which a justices' clerk may take evidence needed for the purpose of proceedings in court in a Hague Convention country relating to a maintenance order to which this Part of this Act applies;
(f) the circumstances and manner in which magistrates' courts may for the purposes of this Part of this Act communicate with courts in Hague Convention countries.
(1A) For the purpose of giving effect to this Part of this Act, rules of court may make, in relation to any proceedings brought under or by virtue of this Part of this Act, any provision not covered by subsection (A1) above which–
(a) falls within subsection (2) of section 93 of the Children Act 1989, and
(b) may be made in relation to relevant proceedings under that section.
(2) Rules with respect to the matters mentioned in subsection (1) above may be made in accordance with Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981in relation to proceedings or matters in magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland under this Part of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/593/schedule/3/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-hague-convention-countries-order-1993/schedule-3/paragraph-18
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