SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9AMENDMENTS

The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18)

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In section 3 (power to make provisional maintenance order), for subsection (7) substitute the following subsection—

7

In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—

a

for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—

1

Where an application is made to a magistrates' court against a person residing in a reciprocating country and the court would have jurisdiction to determine the application under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 if that person—

a

were residing in Northern Ireland, and

b

received reasonable notice of the date of the hearing of the application,

the court shall (subject to subsection (2) below) have jurisdiction to determine the application.

b

in subsection (4), for references to the High Court there shall be substituted references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.