Amendment to the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
34.—(1) The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1—
(a)in paragraph 1(3), for “acting for the same petty sessions district as that court”, substitute “in Northern Ireland”; and
(b)in paragraph 7—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for “the clerk of a magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions district in which the respondent is residing”, substitute “the clerk of petty sessions”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (2), for “the clerk of that court”, substitute “the clerk of petty sessions”;
(iii)for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—
“(6) If the clerk of petty sessions is unable to establish where the respondent is residing, the clerk shall return the application to the Department of Justice.”; and
(iv)omit sub-paragraph (7).
(3) In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2, in the definition of “the creditor”, omit “of a petty sessions district”.