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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3AMENDMENT OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT

The Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (NI 5)

6.  In Article 2(2) (interpretation), for the definition of “maintenance assessment” there shall be substituted—

“maintenance calculation” means a calculation of maintenance made under the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and includes, except in circumstances prescribed for the purposes of the definition of that expression in Article 2(2) of that Order, a default or interim maintenance decision within the meaning of that Order;.

7.  In Article 7 (age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders)—

(a)in paragraphs (7)(a), (9) and (10), for “maintenance assessment” in each place there shall be substituted “maintenance calculation”;

(b)in paragraphs (7) and (8), for “current assessment” in each place there shall be substituted “current calculation”;

(c)in paragraph (8)(b), for “maintenance assessments” there shall be substituted “maintenance calculations”; and

(d)in paragraph (8)(b), for “those assessments” there shall be substituted “those calculations”.

8.  In Article 22 (variation, revival and revocation of orders for periodical payments)—

(a)in paragraphs (9A)(b) and (9D), for “maintenance assessment” in each place there shall be substituted “maintenance calculation”; and

(b)in paragraphs (9A)(b) and (c) and (9B), for “the assessment” there shall be substituted “the calculation”.