amendment of regulations relating to maintenance
Posted 11 December 2006

The maintenance regulations have been amended by the insertion of Chapter 4A, which deals with the powers of Maintenance Investigators.

In short, a maintenance investigator, who must have his letter of appointment in his possession when exercising any power or performing any duty ito the Act or regulations, may examine a person who is likely to give material or relevant information about any complaint relating to maintenance; he may direct a person to identify himself to the satifaction of the invesigator and he may request a person to sign for a document relevant to a complaint relating to maintenance.

A maintenance investigator may for the purpose of service of process of any maintenance court or, subpoenas or summonses iro criminal proceedings for failure to comply with a maintenance order, call upon a member of the South African Police Service to render assistance to him where resistance to the service have been met or are reasonably anticipated and must, upon making such a request for assistance, furnish particulars of the complaint in which he
met resistance or the reason why he anticipates resistance.

Government Gazette No.29347, 3 November 2006