SCHEDULE 6Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978
Part 1Failure to maintain etc.: financial provision
The orders: periodical and secured periodical payments and lump sums
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(1)
The orders are—
(a)
an order that the respondent must make to the applicant such periodical payments for such term as may be specified;
(b)
an order that the respondent must pay to the applicant such lump sum as may be specified;
(c)
an order that the respondent must make—
(i)
to the applicant for the benefit of a child of the family to whom the application relates, or
(ii)
to a child of the family to whom the application relates;
such periodical payments for such term as may be specified;
(d)
an order that the respondent must pay such lump sum as may be specified—
(i)
to the applicant for the benefit of a child of the family to whom the application relates, or
(ii)
to such a child of the family to whom the application relates.
(2)
The amount of a lump sum required to be paid under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (d) must not exceed—
(a)
£1,000, or
(b)
such larger amount as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time by order fix for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.
(3)
The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (2) is exercisable by statutory instrument which is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)
“Specified” means specified in the order.