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Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972

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29 Applications by spouses under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.

(1) The magistrates’ court hearing an application which by virtue of section 28C of this Act is to be treated as if it were an application for a maintenance order under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 may make any order on the application which it has power to make under Article 4 or 20(1) of that Order. (2) That Order shall apply in relation to such an application, and to any order made on such an application, with the following omissions— (a) Articles 8 to 10, 18, 19, 21, 22A, 25(1), 27 to 29 and 30(1A), (b) in Article 32(1) the words “either the applicant or”, and (c) Article 36(1). (3) Subsections (1) and (2) above do not apply where section 29A of this Act applies.

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29 Applications by spouses under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980.

(1) The magistrates’ court hearing an application which by virtue of section 28C of this Act is to be treated as if it were an application for a maintenance order under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 may make any order on the application which it has power to make under Article 4 or 20(1) of that Order. (2) That Order shall apply in relation to such an application, and to any order made on such an application, with the following omissions— (a) Articles 8 to 10, 18, 19, 21, 22A, 25(1), 27 to 29 and 30(1A), (b) in Article 32(1) the words “either the applicant or”, and (c) Article 36(1). (3) Subsections (1) and (2) above do not apply where section 29A of this Act applies.

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