The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act, 1958) Rules 1959

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I PROCEDURE UNDER PART I OF THE ACT

    1. 1.Applications for registration under section 2 (3) of the Act

    2. 2.Manner in which magistrates' court is to be satisfied as to various matters

    3. 3.Copy of magistrates' court order sent to the High Court for registration

    4. 4.Registration of High Court or county court order in a magistrates' court

    5. 5.Notices as respects payments through a clerk of a magistrates' court

    6. 6.Remission to the original court of application for variation of registered maintenance order

    7. 7.Notice of variation, remission, discharge or cancellation of registration by a magistrates' court of a registered order

    8. 8.Notices received from the High Court or a county court or from a person entitled to payments

    9. 9.Jurisdiction as respects complaints for variation of High Court maintenance orders

  3. PART II PROCEDURE UNDER PART II OF THE ACT

    1. 10.Attachment of earnings order

    2. 11.Orders and notices to be served on and given to employer

    3. 12.Particulars of defendant

    4. 13.Defendant not employed by person to whom attachment of earnings order directed

    5. 14.Notice of application for appropriate variation order

    6. 15.Jurisdiction as respects complaints for the discharge and variation of attachment of earnings orders

    7. 16.Complaints for variation or discharge of attachment of earnings orders against persons outside United Kingdom

    8. 17.Applications under section twelve of the Act

    9. 18.Method of making payment under attachment of earnings order

    10. 19.Payments under attachment of earnings order after imprisonment imposed

    11. 20.Service of orders and notices

  4. PART III MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

    1. 21.Administering court to be informed of proceedings in foreign court

    2. 22.Review of committals, etc

    3. 23.Warrants of commitment

    4. 24.Revocations

    5. 25.Interpretation

    6. 26.Citation and commencement

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      FORMS

  7. Explanatory Note