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18 (1) On receiving an eligible copy of an order under section 17(2), the British Columbia court must register it as an order of that court.

  • (2) On an order being registered under subsection (1), the order, from the date it is registered, has the same effect as a support order made by a court in British Columbia.
  • (3) Subject to section 19, an order registered under subsection (1) may be enforced, with respect both to arrears accrued before registration and obligations accruing after registration, in the same manner as a support order made by a court in British Columbia, or may be varied under this Act.
  • (4) Subject to section 19, an order registered under subsection (1) may be filed with the director.
  • (4.1) Unless otherwise stated in the order, if an order registered under subsection (1) creates an obligation to pay support, the duration of that obligation is governed by the law of the jurisdiction under which law the order was made.
  • (4.2) Despite subsection (4.1), if the director is unable to determine the duration of the obligation to pay support based on information received from the person seeking to have the order enforced in British Columbia or from the reciprocating jurisdiction, the director may apply British Columbia law to determine the duration of the obligation to pay support.
  • (5) This section applies to a registered order whether it is made before, on or after the date this section comes into force.

2002-29-18, effective January 31, 2003 (B.C. Reg. 15/2003); 2012-11-22, effective October 12, 2012 (B.C. Reg. 303/2012); 2015-42-29.

PRACTICE

Order Made or Registered under Part 8 of the Family Relations Act

An order made or registered under Part 8 of the former Family Relations Act, as it was before Part 8 was repealed by s. 55 of the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act on January 31, 2008, continues to be valid and may be varied or otherwise dealt with under the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act and enforced under the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act.

If notice of registration of a final order was given to the respondent before the coming into force of s. 55, an application to set aside the registration of the final order must be dealt with in accordance with Part 8 of the Family Relations Act as if it had not been repealed.

An application under Part 8 of the Family Relations Act for a provisional order or a provisional variation order by a person ordinarily resident in British Columbia, made before the coming into force of s. 55, may be continued after the coming into force of s. 55 as if Part 8 had not been repealed.

If a final order was received for registration under Part 8 but was not registered in a British Columbia court on the coming into force of s. 55, the final order must be dealt with in accordance with this Act as if it were an extraprovincial order or foreign order, as the case may be, received under Part 3 of this Act.

If a provisional order or a provisional variation order was received under Part 8 of the Family Relations Act before the coming into force of s. 55, the provisional order or provisional variation order must be dealt with in accordance with this Act as if the order were received under Part 3 or Part 4 of this Act, as the case may be.

CROSS REFERENCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Reciprocating Jurisdictions

The Lieutenant Governor in Council has declared, under the authority of s. 44(3) of the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, B.C. Reg. 15/2003, B.C. Reg. 351/2003, B.C. Reg. 164/2004, and B.C. Reg. 303/2012, that the following jurisdictions, including other Canadian provinces and territories, are reciprocating jurisdictions for the purpose of the enforcement of support orders:

Canadian Provinces and Territories
Alberta Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Territory Ontario
Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory
The United States of America
Including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other jurisdiction of the United States of America participating in the Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (U.S.A.), (U.S. Code Title 42, sections 651 and following sections).
Europe
Austria Federal Republic of Germany (including Land Berlin) Gibraltar Norway
United Kingdom Czech Republic Slovak Republic Swiss Confederation
Australia
Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory of Australia Queensland
South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Other
Barbados and its dependencies Fiji Hong Kong New Zealand (including Cook Islands)
Papua and New Guinea Singapore South Africa Zimbabwe