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18 Enforcement of registered orders.U.K.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, a maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court in any part of the United Kingdom may be enforced in that part of the United Kingdom in all respects as if it had been made by that court and as if that court had had jurisdiction to make it; and proceedings for or with respect to the enforcement of any such order may be taken accordingly.

[F1(1A)A maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in [F2the family court or] a court of summary jurisdiction in F3... Northern Ireland shall not carry interest; but where a maintenance order so registered is registered in the High Court under F4... section 36 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, this subsection shall not prevent any sum for whose payment the order provides from carrying interest in accordance with F5... section 11A of the Maintenance and Affiliation Orders Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.

(1B)A maintenance order made in Scotland which is registered under this Part of this Act in the [F6Senior Courts or the Court of Judicature] shall, if interest is by the law of Scotland recoverable under the order, carry the like interest in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.]

F7(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(2ZA ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(2ZB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8(2A) Any person under an obligation to make payments under a maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court of summary jurisdiction in F9...[F10 Northern Ireland ] shall give notice of any change of address to the [F11 proper officer ] of the court; and any person who without reasonable excuse fails to give such a notice shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale F12 . . .. ]

[F13(2B)In subsection (2A) of this section “ proper officer ” means—

F14(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court.]

(3)Every maintenance order registered under this Part of this Act in a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland . . . F15 shall be enforceable as [F16an order made by that court to which Article 98 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Norther Ireland) Order 1981 applies, subject to the modifications of that Article specified in subsection (3ZA) of this section].

[F17(3ZA)Article 98 (enforcement of sums adjudged to be paid) shall have effect—

(a)as if for paragraph (7)(a) there were substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)if the court is of the opinion that it is appropriate—

(i)to make an attachment of earnings order; or

(ii)to exercise its power under paragraph (8C)(b);”

(b)as if for paragraphs (8B) to (8D) there were substituted the following paragraphs—

“(8B)Upon the appearance of a person or proof of service of the summons on him as mentioned in paragraph (4) for the enforcement of an order to which this Article applies, the court or resident magistrate may vary the order by exercising one of the powers under paragraph (8C).

(8C)The powers mentioned in paragraph (8B) are—

(a)the power to order that payments under the order be made directly to the collecting officer;

(b) the power to order that payments under the order be made to the collecting officer by such method of payment falling within Article 85(7) (standing order, etc. ) as may be specified;

(c)the power to make an attachment of earnings order under Part IX to secure payments under the order.

(8D)In deciding which of the powers under paragraph (8C) is to be exercised, the court or, as the case may be, a resident magistrate shall have regard to any representations made by the debtor (within the meaning of Article 85).

(8E)Paragraph (5) of Article 85 (power of court to require debtor to open account) shall apply for the purposes of paragraph (8C) as it applies for the purposes of that Article but as if for sub-paragraph (a) there were substituted—

“(a)the court proposes to exercise its power under sub-paragraph (b) of Article 98(8C), and]

[F18(3A) Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, no court in England in which a maintenance order is registered under this Part of this Act shall enforce that order [F19 to the extent that it is for the time being registered ] in another court in England under Part I of the M1 Maintenance Orders Act 1958. ]

[F20(3B)Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, no court in Northern Ireland in which a maintenance order is registered under this Part of this Act shall enforce that order to the extent that it is for the time being registered in another court in Northern Ireland under section 36 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.]

(4), (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

(6)Except as provided by this section, no proceedings shall be taken for or with respect to the enforcement of a maintenance order which is for the time being registered in any court under this Part of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 18(1A) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F3Words in s. 18(1A) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F4Words in s. 18(1A) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F5Words in s. 18(1A) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(d); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F7S. 18(2)-(2ZB) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(3); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F9Words in s. 18(2A) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(4); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F11Words in s. 18(2A) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 13 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)

F12Words in s. 18(2A) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV

F13S.18(2B) inserted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22 s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 13 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)

F14S. 18(2B)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 19(5); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F16Words in s. 18(3) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 2(5); S.R. 1996/297, art. 3

F17S. 18(3ZA) added (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1993/1577, art. 2(2)(b); S.R. 1996/454, art. 3

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