Maintenance Orders Act 1950

19 Functions of collecting officer, etc. U.K.

(1) Where a maintenance order made in England or Northern Ireland by a court of summary jurisdiction is registered in any court under this Part of this Act, any provision of the order by virtue of which sums payable thereunder are required to be paid through or to any officer or person on behalf of the person entitled thereto shall be of no effect so long as the order is so registered.

(2) Where a maintenance order is registered under this Part of this Act in a court of summary jurisdiction in England or Northern Ireland, the court shall, [F1 unless, in the case of a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, it is satisfied that it is undesirable to do so], order that all payments to be made under the maintenance order (including any arrears accrued before the date of the registration) shall be made through the collecting officer of the court or the collecting officer of some other court of summary jurisdiction in England or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

[F2 (3) An order made under subsection (2) of this section—

(a) by a court of summary jurisdiction in England may be varied or revoked by an exercise of the powers conferred by virtue of section 18(2ZA) or section 22(1A) or (1E) of this Act;

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(4) Where by virtue of the provisions of this section or any order made thereunder payments under a maintenance order cease to be or become payable through or to any officer or person, the person liable to make the payments shall, until he is given the prescribed notice to that effect, be deemed to comply with the maintenance order if he makes payments in accordance with the maintenance order and any order under this section of which he has received such notice.

F4 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 19(2) repealed (4.11.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1993/1577, arts. 1(2),2(3)(a); S.R. 1996/454, art. 3

F2 S. 19(3) substituted (1.4.1992) by Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c. 17, SIF 49:3), s. 10, Sch. 1 para. 4(2); S.I. 1992/455, art. 2.

F3 S. 19(3)(b) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1993/1577, art. 2(3)(b); S.R. 1996/454, art. 3

F4 S. 19(5) repealed (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1993/1577, art. 2(3)(c); S.R. 1996/454, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 19(1)-(4) applied with modifications (E.W.) by Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (c. 39), s. 2(6) but Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (c. 39), s. 2(6) substituted (1.4.1992) by Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c. 17, SIF 49:3), s. 10, Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 1992/455, art. 2