SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Functions transferred to justices’ chief executives
The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)
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Section 23 (maintenance orders registered in High Court under Maintenance Orders (Facilities for M1Enforcement) Act 1920) is amended as follows.
2
In subsections (2), (3) and (4) (procedure), for “clerk” substitute “
appropriate officer
”
.
3
After subsection (5) insert—
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In this section “appropriate officer” means—
a
in relation to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court; and
b
in relation to a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court.