Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972
1972 c. 18
An Act to make new provision, applying throughout the United Kingdom, in place of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920; to make provision with a view to the accession by the United Kingdom to the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance done at New York on 20th June 1956; to make other provision for facilitating the recovery of maintenance by or from persons in the United Kingdom from or by persons in other countries; to extend the jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts to hear complaints by or against persons outside England and Wales; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Act amended (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/709, art. 4(5)
Act: transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Sch. 17 para. 4 (with arts. 28-31)
Act: certain functions transferred (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/709, art. 4(3)(a)(4)