The Family Proceedings Rules 1991

Registration etc of English order

7.19—(1) An application for the registration of an English maintenance order may be made by lodging with the proper officer a certified copy of the order, together with an affidavit by the applicant (and a copy thereof) stating—

(a) the address in the United Kingdom, and the occupation, of the person liable to make payments under the order;

(b) the date of service of the order on the person liable to make payments thereunder or, if the order has not been served, the reason why service has not been effected;

(c) the reason why it is convenient that the order should be enforceable in Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

(d) the amount of any arrears due to the applicant under the order; and

(e) that the order is not already registered.

(2) If it appears to the district judge that the person liable to make payments under the order resides in Scotland or Northern Ireland and that it is convenient that the order should be enforceable there, the proper officer shall (subject to paragraph (6) below) send a certified copy of the order and the applicant’s affidavit to the clerk of the Court of Session or to the registrar in Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

(3) On receipt of notice of the registration of an English maintenance order in the Court of Session or the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland, the proper officer shall—

(a) cause particulars of the notice to be entered in the register;

(b) note the fact of registration in the records of the court; and

(c) send particulars of the notice to the principal registry.

(4) Where an English order registered in the Court of Session or the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland is discharged or varied the proper officer of the court ordering the discharge or variation shall give notice thereof to the clerk of the Court of Session or to the registrar in Northern Ireland, as the case may be, by sending him a certified copy of the order discharging or varying the maintenance order.

(5) Where the registration of an English maintenance order registered in the Court of Session or the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland is cancelled under section 24(1) of the Act of 1950(1), notice of the cancellation shall be sent (as required by section 24(3)(a) of that Act) to the proper officer; and on receipt of such notice he shall cause particulars of it to be entered in Part I of the register.

(6) Where the order sought to be registered was made in a county court, this rule shall apply as though references to the Court of Session, the clerk of the Court of Session, the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland and the registrar of Northern Ireland were references to the sheriff court, the sheriff-clerk of the sheriff court, the court of summary jurisdiction and the clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction respectively.

(1)

Section 24(1) was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Schedule 3, paragraph 9 and the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), Schedule 12, Part III, paragraph 1(1)(4).