Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972

2Time for application for summons.

(1)In section 2 of the said Act of 1957 (application for summons to be made within a certain time)—

(a)in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), for the words " twelve months " there shall be substituted the words " three years "; and

(b)in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and in subsection (2), for the words " twelve months ", in each case in the second place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " three years ".

(2)In section 30(3)(a) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (payment under the law applied by a court outside the United Kingdom of money towards the maintenance of a child) for the words " twelve months " there shall be substituted the words " three years (or twelve months, in the case of a complaint under the said Act of 1924) ".