The Family Proceedings Rules 1991

Registration etc of Scottish and Northern Irish orders

7.20—(1) In relation to a Scottish or Northern Irish order the prescribed officer for the purposes of section 17(2) of the Act of 1950 shall be the proper officer of the principal registry.

(2) On receipt of a certified copy of a Scottish or Northern Irish order for registration, the proper officer shall—

(a) cause the order to be registered in Part II of the register and notify the clerk of the Court of Session or the registrar in Northern Ireland, as the case may be, that this has been done; and

(b) file the certified copy and any statutory declaration or affidavit as to the amount of any arrears due under the order.

(3) An application under section 2(2) of the Act of 1950 by a person liable to make payments under a Scottish order registered in the High Court to adduce before that court such evidence as is mentioned in that section shall be made by lodging a request for an appointment before a district judge of the principal registry; and notice of the date, time and place fixed for the hearing shall be sent by post to the applicant and to the person entitled to payments under the order.

(4) The prescribed officer to whom notice of the discharge or variation of a Scottish or Northern Irish order registered in the High Court is to be given under section 23(1)(a) of the Act of 1950(1) shall be the proper officer, and on receipt of the notice he shall cause particulars of it to be registered in Part II of the register.

(5) An application under section 24(1) of the Act of 1950 for the cancellation of the registration of a Scottish or Northern Irish order shall be made ex parte by affidavit to district judge of the principal registry who, if he cancels the registration, shall note the cancellation in Part 11 of the register, whereupon the proper officer shall send notice of the cancellation to the clerk of the Court of Session or the registrar in Northern Ireland, as the case may be, and also to the clerk of any magistrates' court in which the order has been registered in accordance with section 2(5) of the Act of 1958(2).

(6) A person entitled to payments under a Scottish or Northern Irish order registered in the High Court who wishes to take proceedings for or with respect to the enforcement of the order in a district registry may apply by letter to the senior district judge of the principal registry who may, if satisfied that the order ought to be enforceable in the district registry, make an order accordingly on such terms, if any, as may be just.

(1)

Section 23(1)(a) was substituted by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Schedule 3, paragraph 8.

(2)

Section 2(5) was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31), section 54(3) and Schedule 11, the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c. 3), section 18(1) and Schedule 1, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), Schedule 7, paragraph 24 and the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), section 33(4) and Schedule 4.