Valid from 06/04/2009
7(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where an order of court, or agreement, such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 19 of Schedule 6 to the 1948 Act has effect at any time on or after 5 July 1948 by virtue of that sub-paragraph.E+W+S
(2)If the order or agreement has not ceased to have effect before the appointed day, it ceases to have effect as from the beginning of that day; but this is subject to sub-paragraph (3).
(3)Where the order or agreement ceases to have effect as a result of the operation of this Act, this Act—
(a)does not end liability to make payments under the order or agreement that should have been (but were not) made before the appointed day, and
(b)does not prevent enforcement after the appointed day (whether by proceedings or otherwise) of the order or agreement so far as it relates to payments required by virtue of the order or agreement to be made before the appointed day.
(4)In this paragraph “the appointed day” means the day appointed under this Act for the coming into force of section 147(1)(f).