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Maintenance Orders Act 1958

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4A Variation etc. of orders registered in the family court.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The family court may exercise the same powers in relation to a registered order as are exercisable by the family court under section 1 of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 in relation to a qualifying periodical maintenance order (within the meaning of that section) which has been made by the family court, including the power under subsection (7) of that section to revoke, suspend, revive or vary— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) any means of payment order (within the meaning of section 1(7) of that Act of 1991) made by virtue of the provisions of this section.

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4A Variation etc. of orders registered in the family court.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The family court may exercise the same powers in relation to a registered order as are exercisable by the family court under section 1 of the Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 in relation to a qualifying periodical maintenance order (within the meaning of that section) which has been made by the family court, including the power under subsection (7) of that section to revoke, suspend, revive or vary— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) any means of payment order (within the meaning of section 1(7) of that Act of 1991) made by virtue of the provisions of this section.

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