The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act 1958) (Amendment) Rules 1977
These Rules amend Rule 9 of the Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act, 1958) Rules 1959 which extends the application of Rule 34 of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1968 (which relates to jurisdiction to hear certain complaints) to complaints, for the variation of High Court maintenance orders registered in magistrates' courts. These Rules further extend the application of Rule 34 to complaints for the variation of county court maintenance orders registered in magistrates' courts. These Rules therefore enable a justice acting for one petty sessions area and in whose court the county court order is registered to send a complaint for its variation to the clerk of a court in another petty sessions area if the complaint could be more conveniently dealt with by that court.