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SCHEDULE 3U.K. Amendment of enactments relating to child support

The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 (c.22)E+W+S

4(1)The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In section 5 (age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders)—

(a)in subsections (5)(a), (7) (three times) and (8)(a), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”;

(b)in subsections (5)(a) and (b)(ii) and (6)(b), for “current assessment” there shall be substituted “ current calculation ”; and

(c)in subsection (6)(b), for “those assessments” there shall be substituted “ those calculations ”.

(3)In section 20 (variation, revival and revocation of orders for periodical payments)—

(a)in subsections (9A)(c) and (9B)(a) and (c), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”; and

(b)in subsection (9A) (three times), for “the assessment” there shall be substituted “ the calculation ”.

(4)In section 88 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted “ maintenance calculation ”.