Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 201032.

In rule 34.3927—

(a)

for paragraphs (1) and (2), substitute—

“(1)

A person who wishes to enforce a maintenance order obtained in a magistrates’ court in a State to which paragraph (2) applies must apply for a certified copy of the order and, where required by Practice Direction 34A, a certificate giving particulars relating to the judgment and proceedings in which it was given.

(2)

The States referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

a Contracting State to the 1968 Convention;

(b)

a Contracting State to the 1988 Convention (other than a Member State of the European Union);

(c)

a Member State of the European Union;

(d)

a State bound by the Lugano Convention (other than a Member State of the European Union); or

(e)

a State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention (other than a Member State of the European Union).”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

omit “a” in the second place where it occurs;

(ii)

after “practice direction” insert “34A”;

(iii)

for “and where” to “that Regulation” substitute “together with a copy of any certificate required by that practice direction”;

(c)

in paragraph (5)(b)—

(i)

omit “or” in sub-paragraph (iv);

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (v), for “.” substitute—

“; or

(vi)

another State bound by the 2007 Hague Convention (other than a Member State of the European Union).”.