The Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement or Variation of Orders Made in Family Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules 2011

Method of payment

42.—(1) This rule applies where the court exercises its duties or powers under section 2(6ZA), 3(2A) or (2B) or 4(2A), (5A) or (5B) of the 1958 Act(1).

(2) Where the court orders that payments under a registered order are to be made by a particular means—

(a) the justices’ clerk will record on a copy of the order the means of payment which the court has ordered; and

(b) as soon as practicable, the designated officer will notify in writing the person liable to make payments under the order, how payments are to be made.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where the court orders that payments be made—

(a) by the debtor to the creditor;

(b) by the debtor to the designated officer for the court; or

(c) to the designated officer for any other court,

by a method of payment falling within section 59(6) of the 1980 Act.

(4) The designated officer to whom payments are to be made must notify the person liable to make payments under the order of sufficient details of the account into which the payments should be made to enable payments to be made into that account.

(1)

Sections 2(6ZA), 3(2A) and (2B), 4(2A),(5A) and (5B) were inserted by section 10 of and paragraphs 7 to 9 of Schedule 1 to the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991. Section 2(6ZA) was amended by section 109(1) of and paragraphs 98(1) and (5) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003. Section 4(5A) and (5B) were amended by section 261(c) of and paragraph 22(1) and (2) of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004. Section 4(5B) was amended by section 109(1) of and paragraphs 100 (a) to (c) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 and sections 106 and 90(1) of paragraphs 25, 28(1) and (4) of Schedule 13 and Part 5 of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999.