S.L. 48.6 · Extension Of Application Of Maintenance (S.L. 48.6)
S.L. 48.6 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 the Isle of Man by virtue of the Proclamation which is reproduced in the Schedule to this Order.
* SCHEDULE (Article 2) WHEREAS it is provided, by section 12 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 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 the said Ordinance extends; AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that by virtue of a Proclamation issued by the Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man, on the 1st day of August, 1961, the Isle of Man has made reciprocal provisions as aforesaid: NOW THEREFORE, I, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Acting Governor in and over the Island of Malta and its Dependencies, in virtue of the powers vested in me, do hereby declare and proclaim that, with effect from the date hereof, the said Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance shall apply and extend to maintenance orders made by the Courts of the Isle of Man.
*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.