{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-variation-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-variation-order-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Variation) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-maintenance-orders-variation-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS\nMade 14th February 2001\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of February 2001\nPresent\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas Her Majesty is satisfied that arrangements have been made in the countries and territories specified in the Orders cited in Article 2 of this Order to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in the United Kingdom against persons in those countries and territories can be enforced there:\nAnd whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that in the interests of reciprocity it is desirable to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in the countries and territories so specified against persons in the United Kingdom 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 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 is amended by sections 37(1) and 54 of, and Schedules 11 and 14 to, the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27) and the Act is amended by section 1(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 1 to, the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c. 56) and by section 90 of, and paragraphs 71 to 81 of Schedule 13 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/410/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."
}