PART 34RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS

CHAPTER 3ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS UNDER THE 2007 HAGUE CONVENTION

SECTION 1Registration and Enforcement in a Magistrates' Court of Maintenance Orders made in a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention

Registration of maintenance orders34.30.

F1(1)

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(2)

F2This rule and Practice Direction 34E apply where the family court receives—

F3(a)

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F3(b)

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F3(c)

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F3(d)

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(e)

F4an application under Article 23 of the 2007 Hague Convention for registration of a maintenance order made in a State bound by that Convention F5....

F6(3)

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F7(4)

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F8(5)

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(6)

Except where F9Practice Direction 34E provides otherwise, the court must register the order unless—

F10(a)

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F10(b)

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(c)

F11in the case of an application under Article 23(2) or (3) of the 2007 Hague Convention, Article 22(a) of that Convention applies.

(7)

If the court F12... refuses to register an order to which this rule relates the court officer must notify the applicant.

(8)

If the court F13... registers an order the court officer must send written notice of that fact to—

(a)

the Lord Chancellor;

(b)

the payer; and

(c)

the applicant.

F14(9)

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