S.L. 242.2 Art. 2Reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders. Cap. 242.

(1) The whole of the territory of the Commonwealth of

Australia is to be considered a reciprocating country, with reciprocity restricted to the maintenance of a party to a marriage or of a child of a marriage, for the purposes of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act.

(2) The provisions of subarticle (1) shall be subject to the condition that, in the event of the benefits conferred by the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act being applied to maintenance orders made by the courts of the Commonwealth of Australia, similar benefits will in that country be applied to maintenance orders made by the courts of Malta.