Amendment of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989U.K.
18.—(1) The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 M1 is amended as follows.
[F1(2) In Article 19 (jurisdiction of the court)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (1A) and (2)” substitute “paragraph (1A)”;
(b)in paragraph (1A), for the words from “where” to the end substitute “in relation to which Article 18 of the 2007 Hague Convention applies, the court may not entertain the application or that part of it except where permitted by Article 18”;
(c)in paragraph (3), for the words from ““The Maintenance Regulation”” to the end substitute ““The 2007 Hague Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance concluded on 23 November 2007 at The Hague”.]
(3) In Article 20 (duty of the court to consider whether Northern Ireland is the appropriate venue for application)—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit “Subject to paragraph (3),”;
(b)omit paragraph (3);
(c)omit paragraph (4).
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. para. 18(2) substituted (17.12.2020) by The Jurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1574), regs. 1, 5(3)(h)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 18 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. 1989/677 (N.I. 4), amended by S.I. 2011/1484; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.