SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Amendment of the 1920 and 1972 Acts

Part I Amendment of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c. 33)

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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 ”.

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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 ”.

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