The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Variation) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the following Orders:

  • The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993

  • The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Republic of Ireland) Order 1993

  • The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (United States of America) Order 1995

The amendments correspond to the amendments to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 effected by Schedule 13 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, which implement the transfer of various administrative functions of justices' clerks to justices' chief executives.