The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993

1.  This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

“Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(1);

“court in a Hague Convention country” includes any judicial or administrative authority in a Hague Convention country;

“Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations concluded at The Hague on 2nd October 1973; and

“Hague Convention country” means a country or territory specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, being a country or territory (other than the United Kingdom) in which the Hague Convention is in force.

3.—(1) The provisions of Part I of the Act shall apply in relation to a Hague Convention country as they apply in relation to a reciprocating country, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2) Accordingly, Part I of the Act shall, in relation to–

(a)maintenance orders made by courts in the United Kingdom against persons in a Hague Convention country, and

(b)maintenance orders made by courts in a Hague Convention country against persons in the United Kingdom,

have effect as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

4.  The Orders specified in Schedule 4 to this Order are hereby revoked.