The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012
These Regulations make provision to facilitate the application of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of Family Maintenance done at The Hague on 23rd November 2007 (“the Convention”) in England and Wales. This provision is extended to Scotland in relation to enforcement of international maintenance decisions by way of driving disqualification, and both Scotland and Northern Ireland regarding the sharing of information by certain Government departments to facilitate establishment and enforcement of maintenance decisions to which the 2007 Hague Convention applies.
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07 Nov 2012
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The Secretary of State for Justice, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972in relation to private international law, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
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