(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, a maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court in any part of the United Kingdom may be enforced in that part of the United Kingdom in all respects as if it had been made by that court and as if that court had had jurisdiction to make it; and proceedings for or with respect to the enforcement of any such order may be taken accordingly.
(2)Every maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court of summary jurisdiction in England (not being an order made in Scotland under section forty-three of the National Assistance Act, 1948, or an order made under section twenty of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland), 1948, or section eleven of the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland). 1949) shall be enforceable as if it were an affiliation order made by that court under the Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872, and the provisions of any enactment with respect to the enforcement of affiliation orders (including enactments relating to the accrual of arrears and the remission of sums due) shall apply accordingly.
(3)Every maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland (not being an order made under section forty-three of the National Assistance Act, 1948) shall be enforceable as if it were an order made by that court under the Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act (Northern Ireland), 1945, and the provisions of section six of that Act shall apply accordingly.
(4)Where an order made in Scotland under section forty-three Of the National Assistance Act, 1948, of made Under section twenty of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland), 1948, of section eleven of the Welfare Services Act (Northern Ireland), 1949, is registered under this Part of this Act in a court in England, the order shall be enforceable as if it were ah order made by that court under the said section forty-three.
(5)Where an order made under section forty-three of the National Assistance Act, 1948, is registered under this Part of this Act in a court in Northern Ireland, the order shall be enforceable as if it Were an order made by that court under section twenty of the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland), 1948.
(6)Except as provided by this section, no proceedings shall be taken for or with respect to the enforcement of a maintenance order which is for the time being registered in any court under this Part of this Act.