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Maintenance Orders Act 1958

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As published

20 Repeat applications to enforce payment of maintenance arrears

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) It is hereby declared that a magistrates’ court has jurisdiction to hear a complaint by or against a person residing outside England for the discharge or variation of an attachment of earnings order made by a magistrates’ court; and where such a complaint is made against a person residing outside England, then— (a) if he resides in Scotland or Northern Ireland, section fifteen of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1950 (which relates to the service of process on persons residing in those countries) shall have effect in relation to the complaint as it has effect in relation to the proceedings therein mentioned; and (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4),(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that an application may be made to enforce payment of a sum due and unpaid under a maintenance order notwithstanding that a previous application has been made in respect of that sum or a part thereof and whether or not an order was made in pursuance of the previous application.

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20 Repeat applications to enforce payment of maintenance arrears

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) It is hereby declared that a magistrates’ court has jurisdiction to hear a complaint by or against a person residing outside England for the discharge or variation of an attachment of earnings order made by a magistrates’ court; and where such a complaint is made against a person residing outside England, then— (a) if he resides in Scotland or Northern Ireland, section fifteen of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1950 (which relates to the service of process on persons residing in those countries) shall have effect in relation to the complaint as it has effect in relation to the proceedings therein mentioned; and (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4),(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that an application may be made to enforce payment of a sum due and unpaid under a maintenance order notwithstanding that a previous application has been made in respect of that sum or a part thereof and whether or not an order was made in pursuance of the previous application.

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