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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Amendment of the 1920 and 1972 Acts.

  3. 2. Consequential amendments and repeals.

  4. 3. Commencement.

  5. 4. Short title.

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Amendment of the 1920 and 1972 Acts

      1. Part I Amendment of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c. 33)

        1. 1.(1) Section 3 (power to make provisional orders of maintenance...

        2. 2.(1) Section 4 (power of court of summary jurisdiction to...

        3. 3.After section 4, there shall be inserted— Variation and revocation...

        4. 4.The provisions of section 7 (application of the Magistrates’ Courts...

        5. 5.In section 11 (application to Ireland), after paragraph (c) there...

      2. Part II Amendment of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18)

        1. 6.(1) Section 3 (power of magistrates’ court to make provisional...

        2. 7.In section 5 (variation and revocation of maintenance order made...

        3. 8.(1) Section 7 (confirmation by United Kingdom court of provisional...

        4. 9.In section 9 (variation and revocation of maintenance order registered...

        5. 10.(1) Section 17 (proceedings in magistrates’ courts) shall be amended...

        6. 11.In section 18 (magistrates’ courts rules), after subsection (1) there...

        7. 12.In section 21 (interpretation of Part I), in subsection (1)...

        8. 13.For sections 27, 28 and 28A there shall be substituted—...

        9. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

        10. 15.(1) Section 34 (variation and revocation of orders) shall be...

        11. 16.For section 35 there shall be substituted— Further provisions with...

        12. 17.In section 36 (admissibility of evidence given in convention country),...

        13. 18.After section 38 there shall be inserted— Magistrates’ courts rules....

        14. 19.In section 39 (interpretation of Part II), after the definition...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Consequential Amendments

      1. The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)

        1. 1.In section 90(3)(b) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts...

      2. The Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26))

        1. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Repeals