59.—(1) Where a magistrates’ court makes an order which is required under section 27C(7)(1) of the 1972 Act to be registered, the justices’ clerk must enter a minute or memorandum of the order in the register.
(2) Where a designated officer in pursuance of section 32(2) or (3) of the 1972 Act(2) receives a certified copy of an order, the officer must register the order in the officer’s court by means of a minute or memorandum in the register.
(3) Every minute or memorandum entered in pursuance of paragraph (1) or (2) must specify the section and subsection of the 1972 Act under which the order in question is registered.
(4) Where a designated officer registers an order in pursuance of section 27C(7) or 32(2) or (3) of the 1972 Act, the designated officer must send written notice to the Lord Chancellor that the order has been duly registered.
(5) Where a designated officer is required by section 32(6) of the 1972 Act to give notice of the registration of an order, the designated officer will do so by sending written notice to the officer specified in that subsection that the order has been duly registered.
Section 27C was inserted by section 1(2) of and paragraph 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 and was amended by section 109(1) of and paragraph 160(1) and (3) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003.
Section 32(2) was amended by section 90(1) of and paragraphs 71 and 79(1) and (2) of Schedule 13 to the Access to Justice Act 1999.