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Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920, Introductory Text is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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An Act to facilitate the enforcement in England and Ireland of Maintenance Orders made in other parts of His Majesty’s Dominions and Protectorates and vice versa.
[16th August 1920]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act repealed (prosp.) by Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18), ss. 22(2), 49(2)
C2Act extended by South Africa Act 1962 (c. 23), s. 2(1), Sch. 2 para. 2
C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C4This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
C5Functions of the Secretary of State under this Act are transferred (01.04.1992) to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 1992/709, art. 4(1)(a) and by art. 4(2) of that S.I. it is provided that any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor.
C6Act continued (28.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/788, art.4(8)
C7Act transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 1 (with arts. 28-31)
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