The Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement or Variation of Orders Made in Family Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules 2011

Cancellation of registration of a maintenance order registered in a magistrates’ court in England and Wales: section 24 of the 1950 Act

30.—(1) An application under section 24(1) of the 1950 Act for the cancellation of the registration of a maintenance order registered under Part 2 of the 1950 Act in a magistrates’ court in England and Wales must—

(a) be made to the designated officer for the court in which the maintenance order is registered;

(b) be made in writing and state the date of the registration of the order; and

(c) have attached to it a copy of the order the registration of which it is sought to cancel.

(2) Where the designated officer cancels the registration of the maintenance order, the designated officer must send written notice of the cancellation—

(a) to the clerk of the court by which the order was made; and

(b) where the order is registered in the High Court under Part 1 of the 1958 Act by virtue of section 1(2) of that Act, to the appropriate officer of the High Court.

(3) Where a maintenance order is registered under Part 2 of the 1950 Act in a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the designated officer for the court in which the order is registered will be the prescribed officer to whom notice must be sent under section 24(2) of the 1950 Act(1) that the person liable to make the payments under the order has ceased to reside in England and Wales.

(4) On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (3), the designated officer must—

(a) cancel the registration of the order; and

(b) send written notice of the cancellation to—

(i) the clerk of the court by which the order was made; and

(ii) where the order is registered in the High Court under Part 1 of the 1958 Act by virtue of section 1(2) of that Act, to the appropriate officer of the High Court.

(5) Where the designated officer for a magistrates’ court in which a maintenance order is registered under Part 1 of the 1958 Act receives a notice of cancellation under section 24(3) of the 1950(2) Act from the appropriate officer of the High Court, the designated officer must—

(a) ensure that the particulars of the notice are entered in the register;

(b) cancel the registration under Part 1 of the 1958 Act; and

(c) give notice of the cancellation to, the appropriate officer of the court in Scotland or Northern Ireland which made the order, being—

(i) the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session, in the case of the Court of Session; or

(ii) the Chief Registrar of the Queen’s Bench Division (Matrimonial), in the case of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.

(1)

Section 24(2) was amended by section 3 of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977.

(2)

Section 24(3)(a) and (b) was amended by section 3 of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1977. Section 24(3)(b) was amended by sections 15, 23 and 36 of and Part 3 of Schedule 10 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.