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The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981

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Method of making periodical payments

39.—(1) A magistrates' court ordering periodical payments to be made through a clerk of a magistrates' court under section 59 of the Act of 1980 shall notify the person required to make the payments of the hours during which, and the place at which, payments are to be made.

(2) A clerk of a magistrates' court shall send any periodical payments by post to—

(a)the person entitled to them; or

(b)if the person entitled to them is a child, to the child or to the person with whom the child has his home:

Provided that the clerk may—

(a)at the request of the person entitled to the payments; or

(b)if the person entitled to them is a child, at the request of the child or the person with whom the child has his home,

make other arrangements for making the payments.

(3) If a person makes any periodical payments to a clerk of a magistrates' court otherwise than in person at the clerk's office, he shall do so at his own risk and expense.

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