
1 
This Order may be cited as the 
Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Designation of Reciprocating
Countries) Order 1975 and shall come into operation
on 28th January 1976.
2 

(1) In this Order—
 “the Act of 1972”
means the Maintenance Orders
(Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972;
 “the Act of 1920”
means the 
Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920;

 “column (1)”
and “column (2)” mean respectively columns (1) and (2) of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) The 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act
of Parliament.
3 
Each of the countries and territories
specified in column (1) is hereby designated as a reciprocating country for
the purposes of Part I
of the Act of 1972 as regards maintenance orders of the description specified
in respect of that country or territory in column (2).
4 

(1) Sections
5, 12 to 15, 
17, 18 and 
21 of the Act of 1972 shall apply in relation
to a maintenance order transmitted under section
2 or 3
of the Act of 1920 to one of the countries and territories specified in column
(1), being an order of the description specified in respect of that country
or territory in column (2) to which immediately before the coming into operation
of this Order the Act of 1920 applied, as they apply in relation to a maintenance
order sent to that country or territory in pursuance of 
section 2 of the Act of 1972 or made by virtue
of section 3 or 
4 of the Act of 1972 and confirmed by a competent
court in that country or territory.
(2) 
Sections 8 to 21 of the Act of 1972 shall apply
in relation to a maintenance order made in one of the countries and territories
specified in column (1), being an order of the description specified in respect
of that country or territory in column (2) to which immediately before the
coming into operation of this Order the Act of 1920 applied and not being
an order which immediately before that date is registered in the High Court
or the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland under 
section 1 of the Act of 1920, as they apply
in relation to a registered order.
(3) A maintenance order made by a court in
one of the countries and territories specified in column (1) being an order
of the description specified in respect of that country or territory in column
(2) which has been confirmed by a court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland
under section 4
of the Act of 1920 and is in force immediately before the coming into operation
of this Order, shall be registered under section
7(5) of the Act of 1972 in like manner as if
it had been confirmed by that court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland
under subsection (2)
of that section.
(4) Any proceedings brought under or by virtue
of any provision of the Act of 1920 in a court in England, Wales or Northern
Ireland which are pending immediately before the coming into operation of
this Order, being proceedings affecting a person resident in one of the countries
and territories specified in column (1), shall be continued as if they had
been brought under or by virtue of the corresponding provision of the Act
of 1972.
N. E. Leigh

SCHEDULE
Article 3


(1) (2)
Country or territory Description of maintenance orders to which designation extends

Barbados Maintenance orders generally.
Bermuda 
Maintenance orders generally.

Ghana Maintenance orders other than—
(a) affiliation orders, and
(b) maintenance orders of the description contained in 
paragraph (b) of the definition of “maintenance
order” in the said section 21(1).

India Maintenance orders other than—
(a) affiliation orders;(b) maintenance orders of the
description contained in paragraph (b)
of the definition of “maintenance order” in the said 
section 21(1); and(c)
orders obtained by or in favour of a public authority.
Kenya Maintenance
orders other than—(a) affiliation orders, and
(b) maintenance orders of the description contained
in paragraph (b)
of the definition of “maintenance order”, in the said 
section 21(1).
Malta Maintenance orders
generally.
New Brunswick Maintenance orders other than—(a) affiliation orders;(b) maintenance orders
of the description contained in paragraph (b)
 of the definition of “maintenance order”
in the said section 21(1);
and(c) orders obtained by or in favour of a public
authority.
Northwest Territories
of Canada Maintenance orders other than—
(a) affiliation orders;(b) maintenance
orders of the description contained in paragraph
(b) of the definition of “maintenance
order” in the said section 21(1);
and(c) orders obtained by or in favour of a public
authority.
The Republic of
South Africa Maintenance orders other
than—(a) affiliation orders, and(b) maintenance orders of the description contained in 
paragraph (b) of the definition of “maintenance
order” in the said section 21(1).
