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As published
81 Provisions as to decrees for aliment.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Where a decree for aliment of a maintainable child is in force, on the application of the local authority concerned, any court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the person liable under the decree is for the time being residing may, at any time, order the payments under the decree . . . to be paid to the local authority who are from time to time entitled under either of the last two foregoing sections to receive contributions in respect of the child.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . where an order made under this section in respect to a decree for aliment is in force any sums received under the decree for aliment shall be applied in like manner as if they were contributions received under a contribution order.
(4) (a) In this section the local authority concerned means the local authority which may make application for a contribution order in respect of a child under the last foregoing section;
(b) where the person liable to pay aliment for a child under a decree is resident in England or Wales or Northern Ireland, subsection (2) of this section shall have effect as if for the reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being residing, there were substituted a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in any place within the area of the local authority concerned.
Your change, as a redline
81 Provisions as to decrees for aliment.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Where a decree for aliment of a maintainable child is in force, on the application of the local authority concerned, any court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the person liable under the decree is for the time being residing may, at any time, order the payments under the decree . . . to be paid to the local authority who are from time to time entitled under either of the last two foregoing sections to receive contributions in respect of the child.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . where an order made under this section in respect to a decree for aliment is in force any sums received under the decree for aliment shall be applied in like manner as if they were contributions received under a contribution order.
(4) (a) In this section the local authority concerned means the local authority which may make application for a contribution order in respect of a child under the last foregoing section;
(b) where the person liable to pay aliment for a child under a decree is resident in England or Wales or Northern Ireland, subsection (2) of this section shall have effect as if for the reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being residing, there were substituted a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in any place within the area of the local authority concerned.
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