Amendment of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
10.—(1) The Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) 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).
S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26), amended by S.I. 2011/1484; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.