PART 34RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS
CHAPTER 2ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS UNDER PART 1 OF THE 1972 ACT
SECTION 1Reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders under Part 1 of the 1972 Act
Enforcement of payments under registered orders34.24.
(1)
This rule applies where a court has ordered periodical payments under a registered maintenance order to be made to the court officer.
(2)
The court officer must take reasonable steps to notify the payee of the means of enforcement available.
(3)
Paragraph (4) applies where periodical payments due under a registered order are in arrears.
(4)
The court officer, on that officer's own initiative—
(a)
may; or
(b)
if the sums due are more than 4 weeks in arrears, must,
proceed in that officer's own name for the recovery of the sums due unless of the view that it is unreasonable to do so.