Family Law Reform Act 1987

89(1)Section 5 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 shall be amended as follows.E+W

(2)After subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)A maintenance order which by virtue of this section is enforceable by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales shall be enforceable in the same manner as a magistrates’ court maintenance order made by that court.

In this subsection “magistrates” court maintenance order’ has the same meaning as in section 150(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

(3)In subsection (6) the words “England and Wales or” shall cease to have effect.