The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act, 1958) Rules 1959

Interpretation

25.—(1) Subsection (3) of section one of the Act shall apply to the interpretation of Part I of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of Part I of the Act.

(2) Section twenty-one of the Act shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of the Act.

(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(4) Any reference in these Rules to the Act is a reference to the Maintenance Orders Act, 1958.

(5) Any reference in these Rules to the administering court in relation to a maintenance order or a related attachment of earnings order is a reference to the magistrates' court—

(a) which made the maintenance order;

(b) in which the maintenance order is registered under the Act, under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1950, or under the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920; or

(c) by which the maintenance order was confirmed under the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920.

(6) Any reference in these Rules to the register is a reference to the register kept in accordance with Rule 54 of the Magistrates' Courts Rules, 1952.

(7) Any reference in these Rules to a form in the Schedule to these Rules shall include a reference to a form to the like effect with such variations as the circumstances may require.