(1)In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
“judgment” has the meaning given by Article 25 [F1of the 1968 Convention or, as the case may be, Article 32 of the Lugano Convention];
“maintenance order” means a maintenance judgment within the meaning of the 1968 Convention [F2or, as the case may be, the Lugano Convention];
“payer”, in relation to a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments for which the order provides;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court.
(2)References in this Part to a judgment registered under [F3sections 4, 4A, 5 or 5A] include, to the extent of its registration, references to a judgment so registered to a limited extent only.
(3)Anything authorised or required by the 1968 Convention [F4the Lugano Convention] or this Part to be done by, to or before a particular magistrates’ court may be done by, to or before any magistrates’ court acting [F5in the same local justice area (or, in Northern Ireland, for the same] petty sessions district) as that court.
X1(4)The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 12 shall have effect with the amendments specified there, being amendments consequential on this Part.
Editorial Information
X1The text of ss. 15(4), 16(5), 23(2), 35(2)(3), 36(6), 37(2), 38, 40(3), 54, Schs. 10–12 and 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.1.2010) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3131), reg. 15(1) (with reg. 48)
F2Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.5.1992) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12, SIF 45:3), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 10(a) (with s. 4); S.I. 1992/745, art.2
F3Words in s. 15(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3131), reg. 15(2) (with reg. 48)
F4Words in s. 15(3) inserted (1.5.1992) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12, SIF 45:3), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 10(b) (with s. 4); S.I. 1992/745, art.2
F5Words in s. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(01), Sch. 8 para. 269; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15(2)(3) applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/604, art. 6.