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

II. PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ACT OF 1920

Registration, etc., of orders under Act of 1920

2.—(1) The prescribed officer for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act of 1920 shall be the Master, and on receiving from the Secretary of State a copy of a maintenance order made by a court in any part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the Act of 1920 extends he shall cause the order to be registered in the register kept for the purpose of that Act (in this rule referred to as “ the register”).

The copy of the order received from the Secretary of State shall be filed in the Office.

(2) An application for the transmission of a Northern Ireland maintenance order under section 2 of the Act of 1920 shall be made to the Master by lodging in the Office a certified copy of the order and an affidavit by the applicant stating the applicant's reasons for believing that the person liable to make payments under the order is resident in some part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the Act of 1920 extends, together with full particulars, so far as known to the applicant, of that person's address and occupation and any other information which may be required by the law of that part of Her Majesty's dominions for the purpose of the enforcement to the order.

(3) If it appears to the Master that the person liable to make payments under the Northern Ireland maintenance order is resident in some part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the Act of 1920 extends, he shall send the certified copy of the order to the Secretary of State for transmission to the Governor of that part of Her Majesty's dominions.

Particulars of any Northern Ireland maintenance order sent to the Secretary of State under the said section 2 shall be entered in the register and the fact that this has been done shall be noted in the court minutes.

(4) Any person who satisfies the Master that he is entitled to or liable to make payments under a Northern Ireland maintenance order or a maintenance order made by a court in any part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the Act of 1920 extends, or a solicitor acting on behalf of any such person or, with the leave of the Master, any other person, may inspect the register and bespeak copies of any order which has been registered and of any document filed therewith.

(5) In this rule “Northern Ireland maintenance order” means a maintenance order made by the High Court.

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