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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-hague-convention-countries-variation-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1318",
  "legislation_title": "The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) (Variation) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-hague-convention-countries-variation-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS\nMade 11th May 1999\nLaid before Parliament 24th May 1999\nComing into force 28th June 1999\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of May 1999\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas Her Majesty is satisfied that arrangements have been made in the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Poland to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in the United Kingdom can be enforced there:\nAnd whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that in the interest of reciprocity it is desirable to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in those countries can be enforced in the United Kingdom:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 40 and 45 (1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (“the Act”), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 18; section 40 was amended by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), Schedules 11 and 14."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1318/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}