(1)Any order to which this section applies (in this Part of this Act referred to as a maintenance order) made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom may, if registered in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act in a court in another part of the United Kingdom, be enforced in accordance with those provisions in that other part of the United Kingdom.
(2)This section applies to the following orders, that is to say—
(a)an order for alimony, maintenance or other payments made or deemed to be made by a court in England under any of the following enactments:—
(i)sections nineteen to twenty-seven of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 ;
(ii)the Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Acts, 1895 to 1949 ;
(iii)subsection (2) of section three or subsection (4) of section five of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925;
(iv)section four of the Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872, section forty-four of the National Assistance Act, 1948, or section twenty-six of the Children Act, 1948 ;
(v)section eighty-seven of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, or section forty-three of the National Assistance Act, 1948 ;
(b)a decree for payment of aliment granted by a court in Scotland, including—
(i)an order for the payment of an annual or periodical allowance under section two of the Divorce (Scotland) Act, 1938 ;
(ii)an order for the payment of weekly or periodical sums under subsection (2) of section three or subsection (4) of section five of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925;
(iii)an order for the payment of sums in respect of aliment under subsection (3) of section one of the Illegitimate Children (Scotland) Act, 1930 ;
(iv)a decree for payment of aliment under section forty-four of the National Assistance Act, 1948, or under section twenty-six of the Children Act, 1948 ; and
(v)a contribution order under section ninety-one of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, or an order under section forty-three of the National Assistance Act, 1948 ;
(c)an order for alimony, maintenance or other payments made by a court in Northern Ireland under or by virtue of any of the following enactments:—
(i)subsection (2) of section seventeen, subsections (2) to (7) of section nineteen, subsection (2) of section twenty, section twenty-two or subsection (1) of section twenty-eight of the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland), 1939 ;
(ii)the Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Northern Ireland), 1945 ;
(iii)section one of the Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act (Northern Ireland), 1924, section twenty-one of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland), 1948, section twelve of the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland), 1949, or section one hundred and twenty-four of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland), 1950;
(iv)section one hundred and twenty-two of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland), 1950, section twenty of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland), 1948, or section eleven of the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland), 1949;
(v)any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland containing provisions corresponding with subsection (1) of section twenty-three of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950.
(3)For the purposes of this section, any order made before the commencement of the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland), 1939, being an order which, if that Act had been in force, could have been made under or by virtue of any provision of that Act, shall be deemed to be an order made by virtue of that provision.