In this Act—

• “F8non-resident parent”, has the meaning given in section 3(2);

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F6“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998;

• F2“application for a F9variation” means an application under section 28A F10or 28G;

• F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “benefit Acts” means the F1Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “child benefit” has the same meaning as in the M1Child Benefit Act 1975;

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “child support maintenance” has the meaning given in section 3(6);

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “deduction from earnings order” has the meaning given in section 31(2);

• F11“default maintenance decision” has the meaning given in section 12;

• F14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “disability living allowance” has the same meaning as in the F1benefit Acts;

• F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “general qualification” shall be construed in accordance with section 71 of the M2Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (qualification for judicial appointments);

• F3“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995;

• “income support” has the same meaning as in the benefit Acts;

• “interim maintenance F12decision” has the meaning given in section 12;

• “liability order” has the meaning given in section 33(2);

• “maintenance agreement” has the meaning given in section 9(1);

• F13“maintenance calculation” means a calculation of maintenance made under this Act and, except in prescribed circumstances, includes a default maintenance decision and an interim maintenance decision;

• “maintenance order” has the meaning given in section 8(11);

• F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “parent”, in relation to any child, means any person who is in law the mother or father of the child;

• F2“parent with care” means a person who is, in relation to a child, both a parent and a person with care.

• F4“parental responsibility”, in the application of this Act—

  1. a

     to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989; and

  2. b

     to Scotland, shall be construed as a reference to “parental responsibilities” within the meaning given by section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

• F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “person with care” has the meaning given in section 3(3);

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “qualifying child” has the meaning given in section 3(1);

• F15“voluntary payment” has the meaning given in section 28J.