Interpretation
2. In this Order–
“the Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(1);
“child” has the meaning it bears in the Child Support Act 1991(2);
“maintenance order” is construed in accordance with Part I of the Act as modified by paragraph 18(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“the United States of America” means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other jurisdiction of the United States participating in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (Title 42, United States Code, Chapter 7, subchapter IV, Part D).
The 1972 Act is relevantly amended by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), Schedule 7; S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I.26); the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 46; the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements Act 1982, Schedules 11 and 12; the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), Schedules 2 and 4; the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c. 17), Schedule 1; S.I. 1992/709; the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c. 56), Schedule 1; the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 5; S.I. 1995/755; and the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), Schedule 13.
1991 c. 48. Section 55 of that Act contains a definition of “child” for the purposes of that Act.