Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Maintenance Act 1965 - SECT 101

Collector to note changes in orders made or enforceable in Victoria

101. Collector to note changes in orders made or enforceable in Victoria



(1) Where the Collector receives from the Collector for another Australian
State or from an appropriate officer in a reciprocating country a certified
copy of an order (other than a provisional order), or a notice in writing
giving particulars of an event or other matter, made, occurring or arising in
that other Australian State, or in that reciprocating country and affecting,
in a manner appearing from the certified copy or notice, the operation of a
Victorian order enforceable in that other Australian State or in that
reciprocating country, or of an interstate order or overseas order enforceable
in Victoria under this Division, the Collector shall-

   (a)  file the certified copy or notice in the court in which the order
        affected was made or confirmed or is registered; and

   (b)  if the complainant or defendant is resident in Victoria, cause a copy
        of the certified copy or notice to be served on the complainant or
        defendant, as the case may be.

(2) Where a certified copy or notice is filed in accordance with the last
preceding subsection in relation to a maintenance order, the order, event or
matter shall have the like effect in Victoria as it appears from the certified
copy or notice to have in the other Australian State or reciprocating country.

(3) The last two preceding subsections shall not apply in relation to an order
made in a reciprocating country affecting a maintenance order in a manner
adverse to the defendant unless it appears from the documents received by the
Collector that the defendant appeared on the hearing of the proceedings.