The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993

10.—(1) Section 10 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted–

“(1) Where a registered order is revoked by an order made by a court in a Hague Convention country and notice of the revocation is received by the registering court, the prescribed officer of the registering court shall cancel the registration; but any arrears due under the registered order at the date on which the order of revocation took effect, other than, in the case of a registered order made by a court in a Hague Convention country before the date of the entry into force of the Hague Convention between the United Kingdom and that country, arrears due before that date, shall continue to be recoverable as if the registration had not been cancelled.”.

(3) In subsection (2)–

(a) in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, for the words “is not residing within the jurisdiction of that court and has no assets within that jurisdiction against which the order can be effectively enforced” there shall be substituted the words “has ceased to reside within the jurisdiction of that court”; and

(b) in relation to Scotland, for those words there shall be substituted the words “is not residing in Scotland”.

(4) In subsection (3), the words “or has assets” shall be omitted.

(5) In subsection (5)–

(a) for the words “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”; and

(b) for the words “residing or has assets” there shall be substituted the words “still residing”.

(6) In subsection (6)–

(a) the words “or has assets” shall be omitted;

(b) for the words “residing and has no assets within the jurisdiction of the court” there shall be substituted the words “so residing”; and

(c) for the words “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”.

(7) In subsection (7)–

(a) for the words “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Chancellor”; and

(b) the words “and the nature and location of his assets” shall be omitted.

(8) In subsection (8), in paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be omitted and after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted–

“; and

(c) for the words “Lord Chancellor”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.”