Maintenance Orders Act 1950

28 Interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say—

• “certified copy”, in relation to an order of any court, means a copy certified by the proper officer of the court to be a true copy of the order or of the official record thereof;

• “collecting officer”, [F1 . . .] in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, means the officer [F2 authorised to act as such for the purposes of Article 85 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.];

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• “enactment” includes any order, rule or regulation made in pursuance of any Act;

• “England” includes Wales;

• “prescribed” means, in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in England or Northern Ireland, prescribed by rules made under section fifteen of the Justices of the M1 Peace Act 1949, or by rules made [F4 under section 23 of the M2 Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964], as the case may be, and in relation to any other court means prescribed by rules of court.

(2) References in this Act to parts of the United Kingdom are references to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(3) Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in definition of “collecting officer” in s. 28(1) repealed (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)

F2 Words substituted by virtue of Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 21) and S.I. 1981/1675, Sch. 6 para. 7

F3 Definition repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4 Pt. IV

F4 Words substituted by virtue of Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 5 Pt. II

Marginal Citations

M1 1949 c. 101.

M2 1964 c. 21 (N.I.)