Maintenance Orders Act 1950

10 Jurisdiction of Northern Ireland courts to make orders under the Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland shall have jurisdiction to make an order under section three or section four of the M1Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Northern Ireland), 1945, in proceedings against a [F1person] residing in England or Scotland, if the applicant in the proceedings resides in Northern Ireland and the parties last ordinarily resided together as man and wife in Northern Ireland.

(2)It is hereby declared that a court in Northern Ireland has jurisdiction—

(a)in proceedings under the said Act by a [F1person] residing in England or Scotland against a [F1person] residing in Northern Ireland;

(b)in proceedings under section five of the said Act by or against a person residing in England or Scotland for the variation, discharge or suspension of an order made under section three or section four of the said Act.

(3)The reference in this section to the discharge of an order made under section three or section four of the M2Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945, includes a reference to the making of a new order under subsection (2) of section five of that Act.

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Textual Amendments

F1Word substituted by S.I. 1980/564, art. 3(1)(2)

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