Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 22/04/2014

SCHEDULE 11 U.K. Transfer of jurisdiction to family court

Part 1 U.K. Amendments of enactments

Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22) U.K.

73 (1) Section 20ZA (variation of orders for periodical payments: further provision) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsections (1) and (7) (making provision as to payment when exercising power to vary) for “paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 59(3) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “ section 1(4) and (4A) of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 ”.

(3) Omit subsections (2) to (5) and (9) (power of justices' clerk to vary order).

(4) In subsection (6) (power to require account to be opened)—

(a) for “Subsection (4) of section 59 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “ Subsection (6) of section 1 of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 ”, and

(b) for “subsections (1) and (5)” substitute “ subsection (1) ”.

(5) Omit subsection (8) (duty to exercise powers in particular way).

(6) In subsection (10) (powers under section only exercisable if payer resident in England and Wales)—

(a) omit “, or of a justices' clerk,”, and

(b) for the words from “which” to the end substitute “ unless, at the time when the order was made, the person required to make the payments was ordinarily resident in England and Wales. ”