An application to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales under section 22(5) of the 1950 Act to adduce evidence in connection with a maintenance order made by that court and registered in a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland may be made orally.

The application may be made, and the proceedings heard, without notice to the respondent.

The court in which the application is made must ensure that a transcript or summary of any evidence taken is sent to the clerk of the court in which the order is registered.

The designated officer for the court in England and Wales which made the maintenance order will be the prescribed officer to whom any transcript or summary of evidence adduced in the court in Scotland or Northern Ireland under section 22(5) of the 1950 Act must be sent.