Supplementary
6.—(1) Rules 7 and 8 apply where proceedings for a dissolution, separation or nullity order are stayed by reference to proceedings in a related jurisdiction for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership, or the legal separation of civil partners.
(2) But paragraph (1) is subject to rule 9.
(3) In this rule and in rules 7 to 9—
(a)“lump sum order” means—
(i)an order made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(f)(lump sum for child) of that Schedule, or
(ii)an order made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989(1) of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(c)(lump sum for child) of that Schedule, if made in equivalent circumstances to an order of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i);
(b)“the other proceedings”, in relation to any stayed proceedings, means the proceedings in the other jurisdiction by reference to which the stay was imposed;
(c)“relevant order” means—
(i)an order under Part 8 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (maintenance pending outcome of dissolution, nullity or separation proceedings),
(ii)an order made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(d) or (e)(periodical payments for child) of that Schedule,
(iii)an order made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(a) or (b) (periodical payments for child) of that Schedule, if made in equivalent circumstances to an order of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(ii),
(iv)an order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989, or
(v)except for the purposes of rule 8, any order restraining a person from removing a child out of England and Wales or out of the care of another person; and
(d)“stayed” means stayed in pursuance of these Rules.
(4) Nothing in rules 7 to 9 affects any power of the court—
(a)to vary or discharge a relevant order which remains in force,
(b)to enforce a relevant order in relation to any period when it is or was in force, or
(c)to make a relevant order or a lump sum order in connection with proceedings which were, but are no longer, stayed.