Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)E+W
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2.—(1) The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3 (power of magistrates' court to make provisional maintenance order against person residing in reciprocating country)—
(a)in subsection (1)(a), for “residing” substitute “ habitually resident ”;
(b)in subsection (7)(a), in subsection (1)(a) as substituted by that provision, for “ residing ” substitute “habitually resident”.
(3) In section 17 (proceedings in magistrates' courts)—
(a)in subsection (5A), for the second “residing” substitute “ habitually resident ”;
(b)in subsection (6), for the second “residing” substitute “ habitually resident ”.
(4) In section 27A , in subsection (2), after “Lord Chancellor.” insert —
“This subsection does not confer jurisdiction on a court in England and Wales that it would not otherwise have.”.
(5) In section 28C , in subsection (2), after “Lord Chancellor.” insert—
“This subsection does not confer jurisdiction on a court in Northern Ireland that it would not otherwise have.”.
(6) In section 35 (further provisions with respect to variation etc of orders by magistrates' courts in England and Wales)—
(a)for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Subsection (1A) applies in relation to an application for the variation or revocation of a registered order registered in a magistrates' court in England and Wales (“the registering court”) made—
(a)by the person against whom or on whose application the registered order was made, and
(b)in circumstances where the person by or against whom the application is made is residing outside England and Wales.
(1A) The registering court has jurisdiction to hear the application even though—
(a)a party to the application is residing outside England and Wales, and
(b)the requirement in section 30(1) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 as applied by section 28(2) or 28A(6) of this Act , is not satisfied.
(1B) But if the application or part of it relates to a matter where jurisdiction falls to be determined by reference to the jurisdictional requirements of the Maintenance Regulation and Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 , the registering court may not entertain the application or that part of it unless it has jurisdiction to do so by virtue of that Regulation and that Schedule.”;
(b)after subsection (3) insert—
“(4) In subsection (1B) “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.”.
(7) In section 35A (further provisions with respect to variation etc of orders by magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland)—
(a)for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Subsection (1A) applies in relation to an application for the variation or revocation of a registered order registered in a magistrates' court in Northern Ireland (“the registering court”) made—
(a)by the person against whom or on whose application the registered order was made, and
(b)in circumstances where the person by or against whom the application is made is residing outside Northern Ireland.
(1A) The registering court has jurisdiction to hear the application even though—
(a)a party to the application is residing outside England and Wales, and
(b)the requirement in Article 32 of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 , as applied by section 29(2) or 29A(6) of this Act , is not satisfied.
(1B) But if the application or part of it relates to a matter where jurisdiction falls to be determined by reference to the jurisdictional requirements of the Maintenance Regulation and Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011, the registering court may not entertain the application or that part of it unless it has jurisdiction to do so by virtue of that Regulation and that Schedule.”;
(b)after subsection (3) insert—
“(4) In subsection (1B) “the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) 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.”.