SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Amendment of the 1920 and 1972 Acts
Part I Amendment of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c. 33)
2
1
Section 4 (power of court of summary jurisdiction to confirm maintenance order made out of the United Kingdom) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
for the words “summons be issued calling upon the person” there shall be substituted “
notice be served on the person informing him that he may attend a hearing at the time and place specified in the notice
”
, and
b
for the words “issue such a summons and cause it” there shall be substituted “
cause such a notice
”
.
3
For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—
2
A notice required to be served under this section may be served by post.
4
In subsection (3)—
a
for the word “summons” there shall be substituted “
notice
”
, and
b
for the words from “raise any defence” to “no other defence” there shall be substituted “
oppose the confirmation of the order on any grounds on which he might have opposed the making of the order in the original proceedings had he been a party to them, but on no other grounds
”
.
5
In subsection (4), for the word “summons” there shall be substituted “
notice
”
.
6
In subsection (5)—
a
for the words “against whom the summons was issued” there shall be substituted “
served with the notice
”
, and
b
for the words “any defence” there shall be substituted “
establishing any grounds on which he opposes the confirmation of the order
”
.
F17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .