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56.—(1) Where a magistrates’ court dismisses an application under—
(a)section 27A of the 1972 Act(1) (application for recovery of maintenance); or
(b)an application by a person in a convention country for the variation of a registered order,
the designated officer must send a written notice of the court’s decision to the Lord Chancellor.
(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) must include a statement of the justices’ reasons for their decision.
Section 27A was inserted by section 1(2) of and paragraph 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c.56). Part 2 of the 1972 Act applies with modifications to the United States of America by virtue of S.I. 2007/2006.
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