SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Functions transferred to justices’ chief executives

The Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c.37)

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1

Section 18 (enforcement of registered orders) is amended as follows.

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3

In subsection (2A) (requirement of person liable under order to notify change of address to clerk of the court), for “clerk” substitute “ proper officer ”.

4

After that subsection insert—

2B

In subsection (2A) of this section “proper officer” means—

a

in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court; and

b

in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court.