Application and modification of Part I of the Act in relation to the United States of America4.

(1)

The provisions of Part I of the Act apply in relation to the United States of America as a reciprocating country5, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 1.

(2)

Part I of the Act, amended in accordance with paragraph (1) and Schedule 1, in relation to–

(a)

maintenance orders made by courts in Scotland; and

(b)

maintenance orders made by the courts in the United States of America,

is set out in Schedule 2.