39 Interpretation of Part II.U.K.
In this Part of this Act—
“maintenance”, as respects Scotland, [F1includes aliment and any sums which are payable, following divorce, [F2by one former spouse for the support of the other]];
“order”, as respects Scotland, includes any interlocutor, and any decree or provision contained in an interlocutor;
“prescribed” has the same meaning as in Part I of this Act;
“registered order” means an order which is for the time being registered in a court in the United Kingdom under this Part of this Act;
“registering court”, in relation to a registered order, means the court in which that order is for the time being registered under this Part of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22). ss. 60(4), 89
F2Words substituted by Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37, SIF 49:3), ss. 28(1), 29(4), Sch. 1 para. 7