Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
89. Submission of MEO’s report
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Unless otherwise specified by the court, an MEO must, in relation to a referred application under section 84(1), submit to the court a report containing the following matters and information:
all the information provided to the MEO under section 84(2) or 86 in relation to the maintenance enforcement application;
any other matters and information in relation to the maintenance enforcement application as may be prescribed.
Subject to the regulations mentioned in subsection (4), where an MEO thinks that any information ought to be brought to the attention of the parties before submitting a report under subsection (1) in relation to a referred application, the MEO may prepare an interim report containing the information to be provided to the parties.
In addition to or instead of a report under subsection (1) or (2), the court may direct an MEO to submit a report containing any other matters relating to the referred application that the court may require.
MEO
“maintenance enforcement officer” or “MEO” means an individual appointed under section 77(1), and includes the chief maintenance enforcement officer or “Chief MEO”;
Regulations may provide for —
the circumstances in which an MEO may provide a copy of an interim report mentioned in subsection (2) —
to an applicant only; or
to an applicant before a copy of the same is provided to a respondent; and
where an interim report mentioned in subsection (2) is provided by an MEO to the applicant before the respondent — the time within which a copy of an interim report must be provided to a respondent.
The Family Justice Rules may provide for —
the circumstances under which the court may direct an MEO to submit an interim report mentioned in subsection (2);
the manner of submission of any MEO’s report and any documentary evidence or other evidence in support of the information in the report, to the court; and
any other information or documents required to be submitted to the court with any MEO’s report.