SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of enactments relating to child support
The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 (c.22)
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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
”
.