HC Deb 18 July 1991 vol 195 cc564-5

Amendments made:: No. 64, in page 36, line 29, leave out `Secretary of State' and insert

'Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State or Lord Advocate or by any of them acting jointly.'.

No. 97, in page 36, line 31, at end insert `(including, in particular, for different cases or categories of case)'.

No. 65, in page 36, line 31, at end insert— `(3A) An order under subsection (2) may make such supplemental, incidental or transitional provision as appears to the person making the order to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order, including such adaptations or modifications of—

  1. (a) the provisions so brought into force;
  2. (b) any provisions of this Act then in force; or
  3. (c) any provision of any other enactment,
as appear to him to be necessary or expedient. (3B) Different provision may be made by virtue of subsection (3A) with respect to different periods. (3C) Any provision made by virtue of subsection (3A) may, in particular, include provision for—
  1. (a) the enforcement of a maintenance assessment (including the collection of sums payable under the assessment) as if the assessment were a court order of a prescribed kind;
  2. (b) the registration of maintenance assessments with the appropriate court in connection with any provision of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a);
  3. (c) the variation, on application made to a court, of the provisions of a maintenance assessment relating to the method of making payments fixed by the assessment or the intervals at which such payments are to be made;
  4. (d) a maintenance assessment, or an order of a prescribed kind relating to one or more children, to be deemed, in prescribed circumstances, to have been validly made for all purposes or for such purposes as may be prescribed.
In paragraph (c) "court" includes a single justice. (3D) The Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate may by order make such amendments or repeals in, or such modifications of, such enactments as may be specified in the order, as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act (including any provision made by virtue of subsection (3A)). (3E) This Act shall, in its application to the Isles of Scilly, have effect subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe.'.

No. 87, in page 36, line 32, leave out 'and 34' and insert 34 and 45'.

No. 66, in page 36, line 32, after '34', insert 'and paragraph 3B of Schedule 5'.

No. 88, in page 36, line 33, leave out 'and 27' and insert ', 27 and (Right of audience: Scotland)'.—[The Solicitor-General.]

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