SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Financial relief in magistrates' courts etc.
Part 1Failure to maintain etc.: financial provision
The orders: periodical and secured periodical payments and lump sums
2
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.