I move amendment No. 18:
In page 15, paragraph (c), line 27, after "evidence" to insert "that the order was so made and".
This amendment to section 16 (c) of the Bill makes admissible a document purporting to be a maintenance order made in a designated jurisdiction and to be signed by a judge, magistrate or officer of that court.
The document is made evidence of the respondent's liability to maintain the claimant or the claimant's child and that the claimant was resident or present in that jurisdiction when the relevant proceedings were instituted. Paragraph (c), however, does not make the authenticated order evidence that the order was so made and the amendment is, therefore, designed to fill this gap and to facilitate claimants with the formal evidencing of the order. It is a technical matter.