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[F1(1)In any action where the sheriff has jurisdiction by virtue of [F2the Maintenance Regulation and Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011] and the defender resides in a reciprocating country, any maintenance order granted by the sheriff shall be a provisional order.]
F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In any action [referred to in] subsection (1) above—
(a)it shall not be necessary for the pursuer to obtain a warrant for the citation of any person, and the action may commence and proceed without such citation;
(b)no decree shall be granted in favour of the pursuer unless the grounds of action have been substantiated by sufficient evidence, and section 36(3) of the M1Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall not apply in relation to any such action which is a summary cause.
(5)No enactment empowering the sheriff to remit an action to the Court of Session shall apply in relation to proceedings [referred to in] subsection (1) above.
(6)Section 3(5) and (6) of this Act shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section, with the substitution, for references to a magistrates’ court, of references to the sheriff.
[F4(7)In this section, “the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 4(1) substituted for subsections (1) and (2) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27, SIF 45:3), ss. 23(2), 52, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 3(1)
F2Words in s. 4(1) substituted (18.6.2011) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 5(a)
F3S. 4(3) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. Table
F4S. 4(7) inserted (18.6.2011) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 5(b)
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