SCHEDULE 2PART 1 OF THE ACT AS MODIFIED BY SCHEDULE 1

Orders made by courts in the United States of America

Steps to be taken by Lord Chancellor or Scottish Ministers where payer under certain orders us not residing in United Kingdom

11.—(1) If at any time it appears to the Lord Chancellor or the Scottish Ministers that the payer under a maintenance order, a certified copy of which has been received by him from the United States of America, is not residing and has no assets in the United Kingdom, he (or they) shall send to the responsible authority in the United States of America or, if having regard to all the circumstances he thinks (or they think) it proper to do so, to the responsible authority in another reciprocating country—

(a)the certified copy of the order in question and a certified copy of any order varying that order;

(b)if the order has at any time been a registered order, a certificate of arrears signed by the prescribed officer or, in Scotland, by the applicant or his solicitor;

(c)a statement giving such information as the Lord Chancellor possesses, or the Scottish Ministers possess, as to the whereabouts of the payer and the nature and location of his assets; and

(d)any other relevant documents in his (or their) possession relating to the case.

(2) Where the documents mentioned in subsection (1) are sent to the responsible authority in a reciprocating country other than that in which the order in question was made, the Lord Chancellor or the Scottish Ministers shall inform the responsible authority in the reciprocating country in which that order was made of what he has (or they have) done.