Maintenance Orders Act 1950

13Transfer of proceedings in Northern Ireland

(1)Proceedings begun against a defendant residing in England or Scotland in a court having jurisdiction by virtue of subsection (1) of section ten of this Act, not being a court having jurisdiction in the place where the parties last ordinarily resided together as man and wife, may be removed, upon application made by the defendant in accordance with rules made by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, into a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in that place.

(2)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland shall have power to make rules for the purposes of this section.