18(1)Section 17 (procedure for registration of maintenance orders) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)Omit subsection (1)(a) (authority to whom application is to be made for registration of maintenance order made by court of summary jurisdiction in England).
(3)In subsection (3)(b) (court to whose officer certified copy of maintenance order is to be sent) for the words after “in any other case” substitute “—
(i)where the defendant appears to be in England and Wales, the family court;
(ii)where the defendant appears to be in Northern Ireland, a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the place in which the defendant appears to be;
(iii)where the defendant appears to be in Scotland, the sheriff court within the jurisdiction of which the defendant appears to be.”
(4)In subsection (6) (court officer may apply, on behalf of person entitled to maintenance payments made to or through the officer, for registration of order under which they are made) for “made by a court of summary jurisdiction in England or Northern Ireland” substitute “ made by the family court or a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 para. 18 in force at 22.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)