SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of enactments relating to child support

The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 (c.22)

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1

The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 shall be amended as follows.

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 ”.