5.—(1) This Order applies to-
(a)any application made on or after 1st October 2007 to the Lord Chancellor or to the Scottish Ministers under section 26(1) of the Act for a claim for the recovery of maintenance from a person in the United States of America to be transmitted to the United States of America;
(b)any application made on or after 1st October 2007 to the Lord Chancellor or to the Scottish Ministers under section 26(2) of the Act for the variation of provision made in the United States of America for the payment by another person of maintenance to the applicant, and for the application to be transmitted to the United States of America;
(c)any application received on or after 1st October 2007 from the appropriate authority in the United States of America by the Lord Chancellor under section 27A(1) of the Act for the recovery of maintenance from a person who is for the time being residing in England and Wales, or under section 28C of the Act for the recovery of maintenance from a person who is for the time being resident in Northern Ireland, or by the Scottish Ministers under section 31(1) of the Act for the recovery of maintenance from a person who is for the time being resident in Scotland; or
(d)any application made under Part II of the Act in respect of an application falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the Recovery of Maintenance (United States of America) Order 1993(1) shall continue in full force and effect.