Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
90. Redaction, significance and sharing of MEO’s report, etc.
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If any document to be submitted to the court with an MEO’s report contains any matter, information or material that is not relevant to the maintenance enforcement proceedings in question, the MEO may redact the parts of the document containing the matter, information or material.
MEO
“maintenance enforcement officer” or “MEO” means an individual appointed under section 77(1), and includes the chief maintenance enforcement officer or “Chief MEO”;
If the court is of the opinion that any redacted part of the document contains any matter, information or material that may be relevant to the maintenance enforcement proceedings in question, the court may direct an MEO to resubmit a copy of the document without the redaction.
maintenance enforcement proceedings
“maintenance enforcement proceedings” means the proceedings in court arising from any application under this Part, including any appeal against any decision made by the court on the application;
The court is to give due consideration to an MEO’s report in determining what order or orders ought to be made on the maintenance enforcement application, including whether the maintenance order in question ought to be varied.
maintenance enforcement application
“maintenance enforcement application” means an application under section 80;
In any maintenance enforcement proceedings —
a copy of an MEO’s report in relation to the maintenance enforcement application is admissible as evidence of the opinion of the MEO who prepared the report and of the facts upon which the MEO’s opinion is based in relation to any matter contained in the report;
an MEO who prepared or submitted an MEO’s report need not be called as a witness unless the MEO is to be examined by the court or, with the permission of the court, by the applicant or respondent; and
the court may, after giving due consideration to an MEO’s report, make any order as it thinks fit without any further evidence of the matters in the MEO’s report.
Where the court has made a maintenance enforcement order mentioned in section 91B(1)(e) against a respondent, the court may direct an MEO to share such parts of an MEO’s report with such persons as the court may specify to facilitate the administration of the maintenance enforcement order.
maintenance enforcement order
“maintenance enforcement order” means an order mentioned in section 91B(1);