The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Enforcement in Northern Ireland of English and Scottish liability ordersN.I.

36.—(1) The Department may by regulations make provision for, or in connection with, the enforcement in Northern Ireland of—

(a)any liability order made by a court in England and Wales; or

(b)any liability order made by the sheriff in Scotland,

as if it had been made by a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland.

(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may, in particular, make provision for the registration of any such order as is referred to in that paragraph in connection with its enforcement in Northern Ireland.