BRITISH JUDGMENTS RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA [ S.L.52.04 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 52.04 BRITISH JUDGMENTS RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT ORDER - WESTERN AUSTRALIA 23rd April, 1926 PROCLAMATION III of
- The title of this Order is British Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Order - Western Australia. Title.
- The provisions of the British Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act shall apply and extend to Western Australia by virtue of the Proclamation which is reproduced in the Schedule to this Order. Extension of applicability. Cap.
- SCHEDULE * (Article 2) WHEREAS it is provided, by article 12 of the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 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; AND WHEREAS it is provided by article 5
(2)of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Act, 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 the United Kingdom for the enforcement within that part of judgments obtained in the Island of Malta and its Dependencies, the Governor may, by Proclamation, declare that this Act shall extend to judgments obtained in a Superior Court in that part of His Majesty’s Dominions in the like manner as it extends to judgments obtained in a Superior Court in the United Kingdom, and on and such Proclamation being made this Act shall extend accordingly; AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that by virtue of an Order in Council, made at Perth on the 6th day of January 1926 by His Excellency the Governor of the State of Western Australia, reciprocal provisions have been made for the enforcement, within the State of Western Australia, of maintenance orders made by the Courts of these Islands; and, further, that by an Order in Council made at Perth on the 28th day of January, 1925, by His Excellency the Governor of the State of Western Australia, it has been declared *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. 1 2 [ S.L.52.04 BRITISH JUDGMENTS RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA that the provisions of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1921, shall extend to Malta: NOW, THEREFORE, I, SIR WALTER NORRIS CONGREVE, do proclaim that the said Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance and the said Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Act shall apply and extend to maintenance orders made by the Courts, and to the judgements obtained in the Supreme Courts, of the State of Western Australia.