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57.—(1) Where a designated officer receives an application for the recovery of maintenance in England and Wales sent from the Lord Chancellor to a magistrates’ court under section 27B of the 1972 Act(1)—
(a)the justices’ clerk must fix the date, time and place for a hearing or a directions appointment, allowing sufficient time for service under this rule to be effected at least 21 days before the date so fixed; and
(b)the designated officer must serve copies of the application and any accompanying documents, together with a notice stating the date, time and place so fixed, on the respondent.
(2) Within 14 days of service under this rule, the respondent must file an answer to the application in the form referred to in the Forms Practice Direction.
Section 27B was inserted by section 1(2) of and paragraph 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 and was amended by S.I. 1995/756 and by section 109(1) of and paragraph 159 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003.
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