[1.—(1) In this Part of this Schedule—E+W+S
“The Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;
“benefit” means income support, family credit or disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or any other benefit prescribed under section 6(1) of the Act (applications by parents receiving benefit);
“parent with care” means a person who, in respect of the same child or children, is both a parent and a person with care; and
“transitional period” means the period beginning with 5th April 1993 and ending with 6th April 1997.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 below, in England and Wales, an application for a maintenance order is pending before a court if—
(i)notice of the application has been filed, in accordance with rules of court, before 5th April 1993;
(ii)in the case of an application contained in a petition for divorce, nullity or judicial separation, or the answer to it, notice of intention to proceed with it was given, in the form required by rules of court, before 5th April 1993.]