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Courts Act 2003, Cross Heading: Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18) is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 April 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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F1Sch. 8 paras. 151-153 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 paras. 151-153 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 paras. 151-153 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
154U.K.In section 17(4) (proceedings in magistrates' courts)—
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(b)after “Northern Ireland,” insert “ acting for the same ”.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 8 para. 154(a) repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
155(1)Amend section 18 (provision that may be made by magistrates' courts rules) as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
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(b)in paragraph (a), for “for a particular petty sessions area” substitute “ in a particular local justice area ”, and for “for such other petty sessions area” substitute “ in such other local justice area ”.
(3)In subsection (1A), for “rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “ rules of court ”.
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 8 para. 155(2)(a) repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
156U.K.In section 21(1) (interpretation of Part 1), in the definition of “prescribed”, omit—
(a)“in England and Wales or”,
(b)“by rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 or”, and
(c)“as the case may be,”.
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F4Sch. 8 para. 157 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
158U.K.In section 26(6) (application for recovery of maintenance in convention country)—
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(b)in paragraph (b), after “district” insert “ in which the applicant is residing ”.
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 8 para. 158(a) repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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F6Sch. 8 paras. 159-163 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 8 paras. 159-163 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 8 paras. 159-163 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 8 paras. 159-163 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 8 paras. 159-163 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
164U.K.In section 47(3) (construction of references to the jurisdiction of a court), for the words from “construed in relation” onwards substitute “construed—
(a)in relation to a magistrates' court in England and Wales as a reference to the local justice area in which the court acts, and
(b)in relation to a magistrates' court in Northern Ireland as a reference to the petty sessions district for which the court acts.”
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