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Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c.37)

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Maintenance Orders Act 1950

1950 CHAPTER 37 14_Geo_6

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Jurisdiction

    1. Jurisdiction of English Courts

      1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 2.

      3. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 4.†Contributions under Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and National Assistance Act 1948

      5. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Jurisdiction of Scottish Courts

      1. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 9. Contributions under Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, and National Assistance Act 1948

    3. Jurisdiction of Northern Ireland Courts

      1. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 12. Contributions under enactments relating to children, national assistance and welfare services

      4. 13.

    4. Supplemental

      1. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 15. Service of process

  2. Part II

    Enforcement

    1. 16. Application of Part II

    2. 17. Procedure for registration of maintenance orders

    3. 18. Enforcement of registered orders

    4. 19. Functions of collecting officer, etc

    5. 20. Arrears under registered maintenance orders

    6. 21. Discharge and variation of maintenance orders registered in superior courts

    7. 22. Discharge and variation of maintenance orders registered in summary or sheriff courts

    8. 23. Notice of variation, etc

    9. 24. Cancellation of registration

    10. 25. Rules as to procedure of courts of summary jurisdiction

  3. Part III

    General

    1. 26. Proof of declarations, etc

    2. 27. General provisions as to jurisdiction

    3. 28. Interpretation

    4. 29.

    5. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 31. Special provisions relating to Northern Ireland

    7. 32. Short title and commencement

  4. FIRST SCHEDULE

  5. SECOND SCHEDULE

    FORMS

An Act to enable certain maintenance orders and other orders relating to married persons and children to be made and enforced throughout the United Kingdom.

[26th October 1950]

Annotations:

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 1.1.1951 see s. 32(2)