1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and, subject as follows, shall come into operation on the day on which the Convention enters into force in respect of the European Union, which day will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
(2) The following provisions come into force on 1st January 2013—
(a)regulations 1, 2, 5 and 8;
(b)Schedule 2 except in so far as it applies to the enforcement of a maintenance decision registered under the Convention;
(c)Schedule 5.