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Administration of Justice Act 1977

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11In section 15 of the [1950 c. 37.] Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (service of process), for the words in subsection (1) from the beginning to " residing " there shall be substituted the words—

Where—

(a)proceedings are begun in a court having jurisdiction under or by virtue of the following, namely—

(i)this Part of this Act; or

(ii)section 1(3) or 9(1) of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act I960 ; or

(iii)section 15 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 ; or

(iv)section 41 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, or

(b)an action for separation and aliment is commenced in a sheriff court in Scotland,

and the person against whom the action or other proceedings is or are brought resides.

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