HC Deb 29 March 2000 vol 347 c423

A4.—(1) The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 5 (age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders)—

  1. (a) in subsections (5)(a), (7) (three times) and (8)(a), for "maintenance assessment" there shall be substituted "maintenance calculation";
  2. (b) in subsections (5)(a) and (b)(ii) and (6)(b), for "current assessment" there shall be substituted "current calculation"; and
  3. (c) in subsection (6)(b), for "those assessments" there shall be substituted "those calculations".

(3) In section 20 (variation, revival and revocation of orders for periodical payments)—

  1. (a) in subsections (9A)(c) and (9B)(a) and (c), for "maintenance assessment" there shall be substituted "maintenance calculation"; and
  2. (b) in subsection (9A) (three times), for "the assessment" there shall be substituted "the calculation".

(4) In section 88 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for "maintenance assessment" there shall be substituted "maintenance calculation".