The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 (c.22)E+W+S
4(1)The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 5 (age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders)—
(a)in subsections (5)(a), (7) (three times) and (8)(a), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”;
(b)in subsections (5)(a) and (b)(ii) and (6)(b), for “current assessment” there shall be substituted “ current calculation ”; and
(c)in subsection (6)(b), for “those assessments” there shall be substituted “ those calculations ”.
(3)In section 20 (variation, revival and revocation of orders for periodical payments)—
(a)in subsections (9A)(c) and (9B)(a) and (c), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”; and
(b)in subsection (9A) (three times), for “the assessment” there shall be substituted “ the calculation ”.
(4)In section 88 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 4 partly in force; Sch. 3 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 86(2); Sch. 3 para. 4 in force for certain purposes at 3.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.