15 Interpretation of Part I and consequential amendments.U.K.
(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] [F2or Article 4(1) of the 2005 Hague Convention];
“maintenance order” means a maintenance judgment within the meaning of the 1968 Convention [F3or, 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 [F4sections 4, 4A, [F54B,] 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 [F6the Lugano Convention] or this Part to be done by, to or before a particular magistrates’ court [F7in Northern Ireland] may be done by, to or before any magistrates’ court acting [F8for 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of ss. 15(4), 16(5), 23(2), 35(2)(3), 36(6), 37(2), 38, 40(3), 54, Schs. 10–12 and 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.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 (1.10.2015) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1644), regs. 1(1), 10(2)
F3Words 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
F4Words 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)
F5Word in s. 15(2) inserted (1.10.2015) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1644), regs. 1(1), 10(3)
F6Words 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
F7Words in s. 15(3) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 86(14)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F8Words in s. 15(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 86(14)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15(2)(3) applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/604, art. 6.