Clause 26

by inserting, immediately after the words “maintenance order” in the definition of “court” in section 2, the words “that is enforceable by a civil court of competent jurisdiction”;

by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “maintenance order” in section 2 and substituting the following paragraph:“(a) an order (including an affiliation order or order consequent upon an affiliation order) which provides for the payment of a lump sum or the making of periodical payments —

by a man towards the maintenance of his wife or former wife; or

by a person towards the maintenance of his child; and”;

by deleting subsection (3) of section 4;

by deleting the words “the order was made” in section 5(7) and substituting the words “under the provisions of the order the variation is to take effect”;

by deleting the words “the order was made” in section 5(8) and substituting the words “under the provisions of the order the revocation is to take effect”;

by deleting the words “such defence as he might have raised” in section 7(2)(i) and substituting the words “grounds on which he might have opposed the making of the order”;

by deleting the words “raised a defence” in section 7(3) and substituting the words “opposed the making of the order”;

by deleting the words “Part VII” in section 8(2) and substituting the words “Part VIII”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 8, the following subsection:“(2A) For the avoidance of doubt, section 121 of the Women’s Charter shall apply to a registered order which has been registered or confirmed by a District Court with the following modifications:

the reference in section 121(3) of the Women’s Charter to a suit shall be read as a reference to an application to enforce the registered order in accordance with section 71 of the Women’s Charter; and

the reference in section 121(3) of the Women’s Charter to the institution of the suit shall be read as a reference to the filing of the application to enforce the registered order.”;

by deleting the words “the order was made” in section 9(8) and substituting the words “under the provisions of the order the variation is to take effect”;

by deleting the words “the order was made” in section 9(9) and substituting the words “under the provisions of the order the revocation is to take effect”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “If” in section 11, the words “at any time”.