S.L. 48.5 Art. 2Extension of applicability. Cap. 48.

The provisions of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for

Enforcement) Ordinance shall apply and extend to maintenance orders made by the Courts of Tasmania and its Dependencies by virtue of the Proclamation which is reproduced in the Schedule to this Order.

* SCHEDULE (Article 2) WHEREAS by section 12 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, it is provided that where the Governor is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made by the Legislature of any part of Her Majesty’s Dominions outside these Islands for the enforcement, within that part, of maintenance orders made by the Court of these Islands, the Governor may, by Proclamation, extend this Ordinance to that part, and thereupon that part shall become a part of Her Majesty’s Dominions to which this Ordinance extends; AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that by virtue of a Proclamation issued by the Governor of the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia on the 31st day of March, 1958, the State of Tasmania has made reciprocal provisions as aforesaid: NOW THEREFORE, I, ROBERT EDWARD LAYCOCK, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Malta and its Dependencies, do hereby declare and proclaim that, with effect from the date hereof, the aforesaid Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance shall apply and extend to maintenance orders made by the Courts of the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia.

*The Proclamation is reproduced in its original form. By virtue of the amendments, made to the parent law, by Act LVIII of 1974, the power to extend the applicability of the Ordinance outside Malta is vested in the President of Malta.