Family Justice (General) Rules 2024 · As enacted · Part 3 · Quasi-Criminal Proceedings
31. Application for stay of enforcement (P. 3, r. 31)
Feedback & supportThe party who is liable under any maintenance order may apply for stay of enforcement or stay of any enforcement order or any part of the order if there is a special case making it inappropriate to enforce the maintenance order or enforcement order (as the case may be) immediately.
The Court may order a stay of enforcement or stay of an enforcement order, for a specified period or until the occurrence of a specified event.
Where the enforcement applicant has attached a debt under an enforcement order before the Court orders a stay, the Court may, in the order mentioned in paragraph (2), order that the enforcement applicant withdraw the attachment or maintain the attachment without taking further action on the enforcement order.
Subregulation 1
The party who is liable under any maintenance order may apply for stay of enforcement or stay of any enforcement order or any part of the order if there is a special case making it inappropriate to enforce the maintenance order or enforcement order (as the case may be) immediately.
Subregulation 2
The Court may order a stay of enforcement or stay of an enforcement order, for a specified period or until the occurrence of a specified event.
Subregulation 3
Where the enforcement applicant has attached a debt under an enforcement order before the Court orders a stay, the Court may, in the order mentioned in paragraph (2), order that the enforcement applicant withdraw the attachment or maintain the attachment without taking further action on the enforcement order.