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2. In this Order –
“the Act” means the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(1);
“the applicant” means the applicant under section 26 of the Act;
“child” has the meaning it bears in the Child Support Act 1991(2);
“the United States of America” means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other jurisdiction of the United States participating in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (Title 42, United States Code, Chapter 7, subchapter IV, Part D).
As amended by the Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972 (c.49), sections 1 and 2; by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36), Schedule 6; by S.I. 1973/2163; by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (c.22), sections 56 to 61; by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43), Schedule 7; by S.I. 1980/564 and 1981/1675 (NI26); by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c.27), Schedule 11; by the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c.42), sections 31, 45 and Schedule 1; by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.37), section 29 and Schedules 1 and 2; by the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47), Schedules 3 and 5; by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c.42), Schedules 2 and 4; by S.I. 1989/677 (NI4); by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41), Schedules 16 and 20; by the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c.17), Schedule 1; by S.I. 1992/709; by the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1992 (c.56), Schedule 1; by S.I. 1993/1576 (NI6) and S.I. 1995/755 (NI2); by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c.22), Schedule 13; and by the Courts Act 2003 (c.39), Schedule 8. There are further amendments to the Act which are not relevant to this Order.
1991 c.48. Section 55 of that Act contains a definition of “child”.
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