§ 10 (1) In this Part "financial provision" means any one or more of the following—
- (a) the making of periodical payments by one civil partner to the other;
- (b) the payment of a lump sum by one civil partner to the other;
- (c) the making of periodical payments by one civil partner to a child of the family or to the other civil partner for the benefit of such a child;
- (d) the payment by one party of a lump sum to a child of the family or to the other civil partner for the benefit of such a child.
§ (2) Any reference in this Part to the financial provision specified in an application under this Part or a request under paragraph 14 or specified by the court is a reference—
- (a) to the type of provision specified in the application or request or by the court,
- (b) to the amount so specified as the amount of any payment to be made under the application or order, and
- (c) in the case of periodical payments, to the term so specified as the term for which the payments are to be made.