Administration of Justice Act 1977

1E+WThe following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section I of the M1Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (introductory provisions relating to registration in one court of a maintenance order made by another):—

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a maintenance order made by a court in Scotland or Northem Ireland and registered in England under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 shall be deemed to have been made by the court in England in which it is so registered.

(2A)This Part of this Act applies—

(a)to maintenance orders made by the High Court or a county court, or a magistrates’ court, other than orders registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950, and

(b)to maintenance orders made by a court in Scotland or Northem Ireland and registered in England under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950..

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