S.L. 52.1 Art. 2Extension of applicability. Cap. 52.

The provisions of the British Judgements (Reciprocal

Enforcement) Act shall apply and extend to Gibraltar by virtue of the Proclamation which is reproduced in the Schedule to this Order.

* SCHEDULE (Article 2)

WHEREAS by article 12 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, it is provided that where the Governor in Council is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made by the Legislature of any part of His 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 His Majesty’s Dominions to which this Ordinance extends; WHEREAS by article 5(2) of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Act, it is provided that the Governor in Council may, by Proclamation, extend the application of the said Act to any part of His Majesty’s Dominions outside the United Kingdom the Legislature of which has made provision for the enforcement of judgments obtained in the Superior Courts of Malta; and that on any such Proclamation being made this Act shall extend accordingly; AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that by virtue of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Ordinance, 1921, and by the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 1921, the Legislature of Gibraltar has made such reciprocal provision as aforesaid: NOW, THEREFORE, I, SIR WALTER NORRIS CONGREVE, do declare and proclaim that the said Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance and the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Act shall apply and extend respectively to maintenance orders made by the Courts of Gibraltar and to the judgements obtained in the Superior Courts of Gibraltar.

*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 Act outside Malta is vested in the President of Malta.