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In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

  • Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 19722;

  • “court in a Hague Convention country” includes any judicial or administrative authority in a Hague Convention country;

  • Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations concluded at The Hague on 2nd October 1973; and

  • Hague Convention country” means a country or territory specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, being a country or territory (other than the United Kingdom) in which the Hague Convention is in force.