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The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 2007

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2007 No. 2005

MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 2007

Made

25th July 2007

Laid before Parliament

1st August 2007

Coming into force

1st October 2007

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of July 2007

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty is satisfied that, in the event of the benefits conferred by Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(1) being applied to maintenance orders made by the United States of America, similar benefits will in the United States of America be applied to maintenance orders made by the courts of the United Kingdom.

Her Majesty is also satisfied that arrangements have been made in the United States of America to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in the United Kingdom can be enforced in the United States of America.

Her Majesty is also satisfied that in the interests of reciprocity it is desirable to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in the United States of America can be enforced in the United Kingdom.

Therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 40 and 45 (1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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1972 c.18; amended by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36), Schedule 6; by S.I. 1973/2163; by the Legal Aid Act 1974 (c.4), Schedule 5; by the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 (c.34), Schedule 1; by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (c.22), sections 54, 55 and Schedules 2 and 3; by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43), Schedule 7; by S.I. 1980/564, S.I. 1981/228 (NI8) and S.I. 1981/1675 (NI26); by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c.27), Schedules 11 and 14; by the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47), Schedule 3; by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c.42), Schedules 2 and 4; by the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c.17), Schedule 1; by the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c.56), Schedule 1; by S.I. 1992/709, S.I. 1993/1576 (NI6) and S.I. 1995/755 (NI2); by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c.22), Schedules 13 and 15; and by the Courts Act 2003 (c.39), Schedule 8. There are further amendments to the Act which are not relevant to this Order.

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