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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

2008 CHAPTER 6

Commentary on Sections

Part 5 - General

Section 56: General interpretation

442.This section sets out definitions for the purposes of the Act. Subsection (1) defines the ‘Commission’, for the purposes of this Act, as a body corporate to be known as the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

443.Subsection (2) sets out that for the purposes of amendments or repeals, where the Child Support Act 1991 has been amended by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, for limited purposes only, the amendment will apply to both versions of the Act unless otherwise stated.

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