Maintenance orders
2(1)The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920, shall apply in relation to the Republic as it applies in relation to a part of Her Majesty's dominions ; and any Order in Council in force under that Act in relation to the Republic immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force accordingly.
(2)For the purposes of the application of the said Act in relation to the Republic in accordance with the foregoing sub-paragraph, references in that Act to the governor of a part of Her Majesty's dominions shall, in the case of the Republic, be construed as references to the Minister of Justice.
3In subsection (1) of section one of the Naval Forces (Enforcement of Maintenance Liabilities) Act, 1947 (deductions from pay in respect of liabilities for maintenance, etc.) the reference to an order or decree of any court in Her Majesty's dominions shall be construed as including a reference to an order or decree (whenever made) of any court in the Republic ; and any Order in Council made under section three of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, before the commencement of this Act shall be construed accordingly.