The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) (Scotland) Order 2007

18.—(1) Amend section 21 in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In subsection (1)–

(a) in the definition of “certificate of arrears”–

(i) after “officer” insert “or, in Scotland, the applicant or the applicant’s solicitor”; and

(ii) for “his” substitute “that person's”;

(b) in the definition of “maintenance order”–

(i) omit “and” where it first occurs; and

(ii) at the end of paragraph (b) insert

• “; and

  (c)

  an order within the foregoing provisions of this definition made against a payer on the application of a public body which claims reimbursement of sums of money payable under the order with respect to the payee if reimbursement can be obtained by the public body under the law to which it is subject”;

(c) omit the definition of “provisional order”;

(d) at the end of the definition of “registered order”, add “and “registered” and “registration” shall be construed accordingly”;

(e) in the definition of “the responsible authority”, for “the Secretary of State” substitute “the Scottish Ministers”; and

(f) at the end, add–

““the United States of America” means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other jurisdiction of the United States participating in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (Title 42, United States Code, Chapter 7, subchapter IV, Part D).”.

(3) Omit subsection (2).

(4) At the end, add–

“(4) Except in section 1, any reference in this Part of this Act to this Part shall be construed as including a reference to this Part as applied and modified by, or by any Order in Council under, Part III of this Act in respect of the United States of America.”.