C3C4C5C6Part I Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders made in United Kingdom or Reciprocating Country
By S.I. 1982/159, art. 3 para. (1) it is provided that the functions of the Secretary of State under this Act insofar as relating to any matter concerning a court in Northern Ireland or a person residing or believed to reside there are transferred to the Lord Chancellor and by art. 3(2) it is provided that any reference to the Secretary of State, so far as necessary for giving effect to para. (1) of art. 3, to be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor
Pt. I (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (5.4.1993) by The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/593), art. 3(1)(2), Schs. 2, 3
Pt. I (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (5.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/594, art. 2(1)(2), Schs. 1, 2
Pt. I (ss. 1-24) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2709, art. 3, Sch. 2
Evidence
15C1C2 Order, etc. made abroad need not be proved.
For the purposes of this Part of this Act, unless the contrary is shown—
a
any order made by a court in a reciprocating country purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person;
b
the person by whom the order was signed shall be deemed without further proof to have been a judge, magistrate or officer, as the case may be, of that court when he signed it and, in the case of an officer, to have been authorised to sign it; and
c
a document purporting to be a certified copy of an order made by a court in a reciprocating country shall be deemed without further proof to be such a copy.
Pt. I extended by S.I. 1979/1317, Art. 2, Sch. 2