Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

8 Currency of payment under registered maintenance orders.U.K.

(1)Sums payable in the United Kingdom under a maintenance order by virtue of its registration under section 5, including any arrears so payable, shall be paid in the currency of the United Kingdom.

(2)Where the order is expressed in any other currency, the amounts shall be converted on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing on the date of registration of the order.

(3)For the purposes of this section, a written certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of any bank in the United Kingdom and stating the exchange rate prevailing on a specified date shall be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of the facts stated.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 8 applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/604, art. 3(1).