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Armed Forces Act 1991

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14Deductions from pay in respect of liabilities for maintenance: the 1955 Acts

(1)Section 150 of each of the 1955 Acts (enforcement of maintenance and affiliation orders by deduction from pay) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) below.

(2)In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) the words “or child” shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa)the maintenance of any child of his or his wife or of any other child who has been treated by them both as a child of their family; or”.

(3)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A)Without prejudice to any enactment or rule of law relating to adoption or legitimation, in subsection (1)(aa) above any reference to a child of the defendant or his wife shall be construed without regard to whether or not the father and mother of the child have or had been married to each other at any time.”

(4)In subsection (5)—

(a)in the paragraph beginning “references to a wife” the words “or child”, in both places where they occur, shall be omitted; and

(b)the paragraph beginning “references to a child” shall be omitted.

(5)At the end of section 151 of each of the 1955 Acts (deductions from pay for maintenance of wife or child) there shall be added, and be deemed always to have been added, the following subsection—

“(6)Without prejudice to any enactment or rule of law relating to adoption or legitimation, references in this section to a child of any person shall be construed without regard to whether the father and mother of the child have or had been married to each other at any time.”

(6)The amendments made by the preceding provisions of this section do not affect the operation,—

(a)in England and Wales, of section 1 of the [1987 c. 42.] Family Law Reform Act 1987; or

(b)in Scotland, of section 1 of the [1986 c. 9.] Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986.

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