19.—(1) Section 21(1) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a)in the definition of “the appropriate court” the words “or having assets”, in both places where they occur, and the words “or has assets” shall be omitted and for the words “a sheriff court” there shall be substituted the words “the sheriff court”;
(b)in the definition of “certificate of arrears” after the words “date of the certificate” there shall be inserted the words “except any arrears due under the order in respect of a period ending before 1st April 1975” and for the words “that date” there shall be substituted the words “the date of the certificate”;
(c)in the definition of “maintenance order” for the words “payment of a lump sum or the making of periodical payments” there shall be substituted the words “periodical payment of sums of money”;
(d)for the definition of “provisional order” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““provisional order” means an order made by a court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland which is provisional only and has no effect unless and until confirmed, with or without alteration, by that court;”;
(e)the definition of “reciprocating country” shall be omitted; and
(f)in the definition of “responsible authority”, after the words “similar to those of” there shall be inserted the words “the Lord Chancellor or”.
(3) In subsection (2), for the words “payment of a lump sum or the making of periodical payments” there shall be substituted the words “periodical payment of sums of money”.