SCHEDULE U.K.Amendment of primary and secondary legislation

PART 1U.K.Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981U.K.

10.—(1) The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 86 (revocation, suspension, variation, etc., of orders for periodical payments), in paragraph (1A), omit sub-paragraph (a).

(3) In Article 87 (remission of arrears and manner in which arrears to be paid)—

(a)in paragraph (1A), omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b)in paragraph (7), in the definition of “non-Northern Ireland maintenance order”—

(i)at the end of paragraph (b) insert “ or ”;

(ii)omit paragraph (d) and the “or” preceding it.

(4) In Article 88 (nature of domestic proceedings), in paragraph (a), omit “or under Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark”.

(5) In Article 98 (enforcement of orders for periodical payment of money)—

(a)in paragraph (1A), omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b)in paragraph (11), omit sub-paragraph (bb);

(c)in paragraph (13), omit sub-paragraph (a).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. para. 10 in force on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26), amended by S.I. 2011/1484; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.