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[F2(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.
F3(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
(2)None of the powers of the court, or of the clerk, under section 34B of this Act shall be exercisable in relation to such an application.
(3)Where the respondent to an application for the variation or revocation of a registered order which is registered in a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland does not appear at the time and place appointed for the hearing of the application, but the court is satisfied—
(a)that the respondent is residing outside Northern Ireland, and
(b)that the prescribed notice of the making of the application and of the time and place appointed for the hearing has been given to the respondent in the prescribed manner,
the court may proceed to hear and determine the application at the time and place appointed for the hearing or for any adjourned hearing in like manner as if the respondent had appeared at that time and place.
F4(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 35A substituted (N.I.) (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2), art. 185(1), Sch. 9 para. 75 (with Sch. 8 para. 1(1)); S.R. 1996/297, art. 2(2)
F2Ss. 35A(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 35A(1) (7.12.2012) by The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2814), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(7)(a)
F3S. 35A(1B) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(4)(a) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4S. 35A(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5(4)(b) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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