1. This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st December 1995.
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(1); and
“specified State” means a State specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
3. The provisions of Part I of the Act shall apply, with the exceptions, adaptations, and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, to maintenance orders made by courts in the United Kingdom and to maintenance orders made by courts in a specified State, and accordingly Part I of the Act shall, in relation to such orders, have effect as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council