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16(1)Section 31 (variation etc. of orders) is amended as follows.E+W
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(5)In subsection (5)—
(a)insert, at the beginning, “Subject to subsections (7A) to (7F) below and without prejudice to any power exercisable by virtue of subsection (2)(d),(dd) or (e) above or otherwise than by virtue of this section,”; and
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(6)In subsection (7)(a)—
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(b)after “sufficient” insert “ (in the light of any proposed exercise by the court, where the marriage has been dissolved, of its powers under subsection (7B) below)”.
(7)After subsection (7), insert—
“(7A)Subsection (7B) below applies where, after the dissolution of a marriage, the court—
(a)discharges a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order made in favour of a party to the marriage; or
(b)varies such an order so that payments under the order are required to be made or secured only for such further period as is determined by the court.
(7B)The court has power, in addition to any power it has apart from this subsection, to make supplemental provision consisting of any of—
(a)an order for the payment of a lump sum in favour of a party to the marriage;
(b)one or more property adjustment orders in favour of a party to the marriage;
(c)a direction that the party in whose favour the original order discharged or varied was made is not entitled to make any further application for—
(i)a periodical payments or secured periodical payments order, or
(ii)an extension of the period to which the original order is limited by any variation made by the court.
(7C)An order for the payment of a lump sum made under subsection (7B) above may—
(a)provide for the payment of that sum by instalments of such amount as may be specified in the order; and
(b)require the payment of the instalments to be secured to the satisfaction of the court.
(7D)Subsections (7) and (8) of section 22A above apply where the court makes an order for the payment of a lump sum under subsection (7B) above as they apply where it makes such an order under section 22A above.
(7E)If under subsection (7B) above the court makes more than one property adjustment order in favour of the same party to the marriage, each of those orders must fall within a different paragraph of section 21(2) above.
(7F)Sections 24A and 30 above apply where the court makes a property adjustment order under subsection (7B) above as they apply where it makes such an order under section 23A above.”
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 Pt. I repealed (except for paras. 4, 16(1)(5)(a)(6)(b)(7)) (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(2)(e), 139(4)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 16 partly in force; Sch. 8 para. 16 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 67(3); Sch. 8 para. 16(5)(a)(6)(b)(7) in force at 1.11.1998 by S.I. 1998/2572, art. 3
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