PART 5PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE 1972 ACT

CHAPTER 2PROCEEDINGS UNDER PART 2 OF THE 1972 ACT

Dismissal of an application under section 27A of the 1972 Act or application for variation56

1

Where a magistrates’ court dismisses an application under—

a

section 27A of the 1972 Act43 (application for recovery of maintenance); or

b

an application by a person in a convention country for the variation of a registered order,

the designated officer must send a written notice of the court’s decision to the Lord Chancellor.

2

The notice referred to in paragraph (1) must include a statement of the justices’ reasons for their decision.