The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Revision) 1980

Registration, etc. of English and Scottish Orders

8.—(1) In relation to an English or Scottish order the prescribed officer for the purposes of section 17(2) of the Act of 1950 shall be the Master.

(2) On receipt of a certified copy of an English or Scottish order for registration, the Master shall—

(a) cause the order to be registered in Part II of the register and notify the Senior Registrar or Deputy Principal Clerk as the case may be, that this has been done;

(b) file the certified copy and any statutory declaration or affidavit as to the amount of any arrears due under the order.

(3) An application under section 21(2) of the Act of 1950 by a person liable to make payments under a Scottish order registered in the High Court to adduce before the Court such evidence as is mentioned in that section shall be made by lodging a request for an appointment before the Master; and notice of the day and time fixed for hearing shall be sent by post to the applicant and to the person entitled to payments under the order.

(4) The prescribed officer to whom notice of the discharge or variation of an English or Scottish order registered in the High Court is to be given under section 23(1)(a) of the Act of 1950 shall be the Master to whom a certified copy of the order was sent for registration, and on receipt of the notice he shall cause particulars of it to be registered in Part II of the register.

(5) An application under section 24(1) of the Act of 1950 for the cancellation of the registration of an English or Scottish order shall be made ex parte by affidavit to the Master, and the Master, if he cancels the registration, shall note the cancellation in Part II of the register and send notice of the cancellation to the Senior Registrar or Deputy Principal Clerk, as the case maybe.