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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 1', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'Art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 1', 'Art. 21', 'Art. 23', 'art. 29', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 30', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 30', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'Art. 30', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 32', 'art. 32', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 32', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'Art. 32', 'Art. 32', 'art. 34', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 35', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 41']

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C1Order: functions of the Lord Chancellor are transferred to the Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1)(6), Sch. 17 para. 34 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
Powers of court to make orders for financial provision for parties to a marriage and children of the familyN.I.
3. Either party to a marriage may apply to the court for an order under Article 4 on the ground that the other party to the marriageF5. . .
Powers of court to make orders for financial provisionN.I.
4.—(1) Where on an application for an order under this Article the applicant satisfies the court of any ground mentioned in Article 3, the court may, subject to the provisions of this Order, make any one or more of the following orders, that is to say—
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)( b) or ( d), an order under this Article for the payment of a lump sum may be made for the purpose of enabling any liability or expenses reasonably incurred in maintaining the applicant, or any child of the family to whom the application relates, before the making of the order to be met.
(3 )F6 The amount of any lump sum required to be paid by an order under this Article shall not exceed[F7 £1,000] or such larger amount as the Secretary of State may[F8, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,] by order fix for the purposes of this paragraph.
[F9(3A) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (3)—
(4 )F6 [F10Any order made under] paragraph (3) shall be subject to[F11 negative resolution].
F7SR 1989/323
F8Words in art. 4(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 60(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1
F9Art. 4(3A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 60(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1
F10Words in art. 4(4) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 60(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1
F11Words in art. 4(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 120(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
[F12Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising its powers under Article 4N.I.
Duration of orders for financial provision for a party to a marriageN.I.
6.—(1) The term to be specified in any order made under Article 4(1)( a) shall be such term as the court thinks fit except that the term shall not begin earlier than the date of the making of the application for the order and shall not extend beyond the death of either of the parties to the marriage.
(2) Where an order is made under Article 4(1)( a) and the marriage of the parties affected by the order is subsequently dissolved or annulled but the order continues in force, the order shall, notwithstanding anything in it, cease to have effect on the remarriage of[F13, or formation of a civil partnership by,] the party in whose favour it was made, except in relation to any arrears due under the order on the date of the remarriage[F13 or formation of the civil partnership].
(3) A person whose remarriage causes an order made under Article 4(1)( a) to cease to have effect shall give notice of the remarriage to the court and any person who without reasonable excuse fails to give such notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
F132004 c. 33
(2) The term to be specified in an order made under Article 4(1)( c) in favour of a child may begin with the date of the making of an application for the order in question or any later date[F14 or a date ascertained in accordance with paragraphs (7) or (9)] but—
(a)shall not in the first instance extend beyond the date of the birthday of the child next following his attaining the upper limit of the compulsory school age (that is to say, the age that is for the time being that limit by virtue of Article 36 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 [1972 NI 12] )[F15 unless the court considers that in the circumstances of the case the welfare of the child requires that it should extend to a later date]; and
[F14(7) Where—
(a)aF16 maintenance assessment ( “the F16current assessment”) is in force with respect to a child; and
(b)before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which theF16 current assessment was made, an application is made for an order under Article 4(1)(c);
(b)the date on which theF16 current assessment took effect or, where successiveF16 maintenance assessments have been continuously in force with respect to that child, the first ofF16 those assessments took effect.
(a)aF16 maintenance assessment ceases to have effectF17 or is cancelled by or under any provision of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and
(b)before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the relevant date, an application is made for an order under Article 4(1)(c) in relation to a child with respect to whom thatF16 maintenance assessment was in force immediately before it ceased to have effectF17 or was cancelled,
(a)where theF16 maintenance assessment has ceased to have effect, the date on which it so ceased;
F17(b)where theF16 maintenance assessment was cancelled, the later of—
F14SR 1993/98
F151989 NI 4
F16prosp. in pt. subst. by 2000 c. 4 (NI)
F17prosp. in pt. rep. by 2000 c. 4 (NI)
[F18Orders for payments which have been agreed by the partiesN.I.
F181989 NI 4
(5) The provisions of Article 5 shall apply in relation to an application for an order under this Article as they apply in relation to an application for an order under Article 4 subject to the modification that for the reference in[F19 Article 5(2)(c)] to the occurrence of the conduct which is alleged as the ground of the application there shall be substituted a reference to the living apart of the parties to the marriage.
[F20Restrictions on making of orders: welfare of childrenN.I.
shall, subject to the provisions of this Order, haveF21. . .
(3) An interim maintenance order may provide for payments to be made from such date as the court may specify,[F22 except that, subject to Article 7(7) and 7(8) the date shall not be] earlier than the date of the making of the application for an order under Article 4, 8 or 9; and where such an order made by the county court on an appeal from the court provides for payments to be made from a date earlier than the date of the making of the order, the interim order may provide that payments made by the respondent under an order made by the court shall, to such extent and in such manner as may be provided by the interim order, be treated as having been paid on account of any payment provided for by the interim order.
[F23(3A) Where an application is made for an order under Article 8 by the party to the marriage who has agreed to make the financial provision specified in the application—
(b)[F21paragraph] (3) shall apply accordingly.]
(7) Not more than one interim maintenance orderF21. . . may be made with respect to any application for an order under Article 4, 8 or 9, but without prejudice to the powers of a court under this Article on any further such application.
(8) An interim order made by the High Court under this Article on ordering that an application be reheard by the court shall, for the purpose of its enforcement and for the purposes of Article 22F21. . . , be treated as if it were an order of the court and not of the High Court.
F22SR 1993/98
Art. 21 rep. by 1998 NI 6
Variation, revocation and cessation of orders etc.N.I.
[F24(2) Where the court has made an order under Article 8 for the making of periodical payments by a party to a marriage the court shall have power, on an application made under this Article, to vary or revoke that order and also to make an order for the payment of a lump sum by that party either—
(8) Where the court has power by virtue of paragraph (2) to make an order for the payment of a lump sum and the respondent[F24 or the applicant, as the case may be,] has agreed to pay a lump sum of an amount exceeding the maximum amount that may at that time be required to be paid under Article 4(3), the court may, notwithstanding anything in paragraph (7), make an order for the payment of a lump sum of that amount.
(9) An order made by virtue of this Article which varies an order for the making of periodical payments mayF25. . . provide that the payments as so varied shall be made from such date as the court may specify,[F26 except that, subject to paragraphs (9A) and (9B), the date shall not be] earlier than the date of the making of the application under this Article.
[F26(9A) Paragraph (9B) applies where—
(b)aF27 maintenance assessment ( “ F27the assessment”) is made with respect to one or more, but not all, of the children in whose favour the order is in force; and
(c)an application is made, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on whichF27 the assessment was made, for the variation or revocation of the order.
(9B) Where this paragraph applies the court may, in exercise of its powers under this Article to vary or revoke the relevant order, direct that the variation or revocation shall take effect from the date on whichF27 the assessment took effect or any later date.
(a)a child order is affected by aF27 maintenance assessment and, on the date on which the child order became so affected, there was in force a spousal order; and
(b)an application is made, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which theF27 maintenance assessment was made, for the spousal order to be varied or revoked.
(11) In exercising the powers conferred by this Article the court shall, so far as it appears to the court just to do so, give effect to any agreement which has been reached between the parties in relation to the application and, if there is no such agreement or if the court decides not to give effect to the agreement, the court shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case,[F24 first consideration being given to the welfare while a minor of any child of the family who has not attained the age of 18, and the circumstances of the case shall include any change] in any of the matters to which the court was required to have regard when making the order to which the application relates or, in the case of an application for the variation or revocation of an order made under Article 8 or on an appeal, to which the court would have been required to have regard if that order had been made under Article 4.
[F25(12) An application under this Article may be made—
F241989 NI 4
F251995 NI 2
F26SR 1993/98
F27prosp. in pt. subst. by 2000 c. 4 (NI)
[F28Variation of orders for periodical payments: further provisionsN.I.
[F29Revival of orders for periodical paymentsN.I.
F291995 NI 2
Art. 23 rep. by 1995 NI 2
24.—(1) Where in the exercise of its powers under[F30 Article 97 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] the court orders that a lump sum required to be paid under this Order shall be paid by instalments, the court, on an application made by either the person liable to pay or the person entitled to receive that sum, shall have power to vary that order by varying the number of instalments payable, the amount of any instalment payable and the date on which any instalment becomes payable.
F301981 NI 26
25.—F31(1) Provision may be made by rules as to the persons who are to be made respondents on an application for the variation or revocation of an order under Article[F32 22]; and if on an application under[F32 that Article] there are two or more respondents, the powers of the court under[F33 Article 163 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] shall be deemed to include power, whatever adjudication the court makes on the application, to order any of the parties to pay the whole or part of the costs of all or any of the other parties.
(2) The powers of a court of summary jurisdiction under[F33 Article 86 of the said Order of 1981] to revoke, suspend, revive, vary or discharge an order for the periodical payment of money[F34 and the power of the clerk of petty sessions to vary such an order] shall not apply in relation to an order made under this Order.
F31prosp. rep. by 1995 NI 2
F321995 NI 2
F341993 NI 6
Proceedings by or against a person outside Northern Ireland for variation or revocation of ordersN.I.
F3526.—(1) It is hereby declared that any jurisdiction conferred on a court of summary jurisdiction by virtue of Article 22 or 23 is exercisable notwithstanding that the proceedings are brought by or against a person residing outside Northern Ireland.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a court of summary jurisdiction may, if it is satisfied that the respondent has been outside the United Kingdom during such period as may be prescribed, proceed on an application made under Article 22 or 23 notwithstanding that the respondent has not been served with the summons; and rules may prescribe any other matters as to which the court is to be satisfied before proceeding in such a case.
(3) A court of summary jurisdiction shall not exercise its powers under Article 22 so as to increase the amount of any periodical payments required to be made by any person under this Order unless the order under that Article is made at a hearing at which that person appears or the requirements of[F36 Article 81(2) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] with respect to proof of service of summons or appearance on a previous occasion are satisfied in respect of that person.
F35prosp. rep. by 1995 NI 2
(a)periodical payments are required to be made to one of the parties to a marriage (whether for his own benefit or for the benefit of a child of the family) by an order made under Article 4[F37 or 8] or by an interim maintenance order made under Article 20 (otherwise than on an application under Article 9),F37. . .
Sub‐para. (b) rep. by 1995 NI 2
(2) Where any of the following orders is made, that is to say—
(a)an order under Article 4[F37 or 8] which requires periodical payments to be made to a child of the family,[F37 or]
(b)an interim maintenance order under Article 20 (otherwise than on an application under Article 9) which requires periodical payments to be made to a child of the family,
(3) Any order made under Article 9, and any interim maintenance order made on an application for an order under that Article, shall cease to have effect if the parties to the marriage resume living with each other.
(4) Where an order ceases to have effect by virtue of paragraph (1) or (3) or by virtue of a direction given under paragraph (2), the court may, on an application made by either party to the marriage, make an order declaring that the first-mentioned order ceased to have effect from such date as the court may specify.
(5) When an order ceases to have effect by virtue of paragraph (1) or (3), the parties to the marriage shall forthwith give notice to the court of that fact.
F371995 NI 2
Provisions relating to High Court and county courtN.I.
29. Where on hearing an application for an order under Article 4 a court of summary jurisdiction is of the opinion that any of the matters in question between the parties would be more suitably dealt with by the High Court, the court of summary jurisdiction shall refuse to make any order on the application, and no appeal shall lie from that refusal; but if in any proceedings in the High Court relating to or comprising the same subject matter as that application the High Court so orders, the application shall be reheard and determined by a court of summary jurisdiction F38....
F38Words in art. 29 repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(1), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
Powers of High Court and divorce county court in relation to certain orders under this OrderN.I.
30.—(1) Where after the making by a court of summary jurisdiction of an order under this Order proceedings between, and relating to the marriage of, the parties to the proceedings in which that order was made have been commenced in the High Court or a F39... county court, then, except in the case of an order for the payment of a lump sum, the court in which the proceedings or any application made therein are or is pending may, if it thinks fit, direct that the order made by a court of summary jurisdiction shall cease to have effect on such date as may be specified in the direction.
Para. (1A) rep. by 1998 NI 6
(2) Nothing in this Article shall be taken as prejudicing the effect of any order made by the High Court or[F40 a county court F41...] so far as it implicitly supersedes or revokes an order or part of an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction.
F42(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F39Word in art. 30(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(2)(a), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F401984 NI 14
F41Words in art. 30(2) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(2)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F42Art. 30(3) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(2)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
31.—(1) No appeal shall lie to the county court from the making or refusal to make, the variation of or refusal to vary, or the revocation of or refusal to revoke an interim maintenance orderF43. . . under Article 20F44. . . .
(2) Notwithstanding[F45 Article 117 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981], where an appeal is made to a county court against an order of a court of summary jurisdiction under this Order for the periodical payment of money,F44. . . , or where an application is made for a case to be stated for the opinion of the Court of Appeal upon a point of law arising in connection with any such order, the order may be enforced pending the determination of the appeal or, as the case may be, the decision on the point of law.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of section 22 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] (powers of appellate courts), on an appeal to the county court from an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction under this Order the county court shall have power to make such orders as may be necessary to give effect to its determination of the appeal, including such incidental or consequential orders as appear to the court to be just, and, in the case of an appeal from an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction on an application for or in respect of an order for the making of periodical payments, the county court shall have power to order that its determination of the appeal shall have effect from such date as the court thinks fit, not being earlier than the date of the making of the application to the court of summary jurisdiction[F46 or, in a case where there was made to the court of summary jurisdiction an application for an order under Article 4 and a request under Article 8(2) and the term of the periodical payments was or might have been ordered to begin on the date of the making of the application for an order under Article 4, the date of the making of that application].
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the said section 22 and paragraph (3), where, on an appeal to the county court in respect of an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction requiring any person to make periodical payments, the county court reduces the amount of those payments or discharges the order, the county court shall have power to order the person entitled to payments under the order of the court of summary jurisdiction to pay to the person liable to make payments under that order such sum in respect of payments already made in compliance with the order, in such manner, as the court thinks fit and, if any arrears are due under the order of the court of summary jurisdiction the county court shall have power to remit the payment of those arrears or any part thereof.
(5) Any order of the county court made on an appeal from an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction under this Order shall for the purposes of[F43 Article 22] be treated as if it were an order of the court of summary jurisdiction from which the appeal was brought and not of the county court.
F431995 NI 2
F441998 NI 6
F451981 NI 26
F461989 NI 4
Provisions relating to jurisdiction, procedure and enforcementN.I.
32.—(1) [F47Subject to [F48paragraph (1A) and to] section 19 of the Family Law Act 1986]F49..., a court of summary jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to hear an application for an order under this OrderF50....
[F51(1A) If an application or part of an application for an order under this Order relates to a matter where jurisdiction falls to be determined by reference to the jurisdictional requirements of the Maintenance Regulation and Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011, a court of summary jurisdiction may not entertain that application or that part of it unless it has jurisdiction to do so by virtue of that Regulation and that Schedule.]
[F52(6) In this Article “the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark.]
F471986 c. 55
F48Words in art. 32(1) inserted (18.6.2011) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484), reg. 9, Sch. 7 para. 19(a)
F49Words in art. 32(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(3)(a), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F50Words in art. 32(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by virtue of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(3)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F51Art. 32(1A) inserted (18.6.2011) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484), reg. 9, Sch. 7 para. 19(b)
F52Art. 32(6) inserted (18.6.2011) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484), reg. 9, Sch. 7 para. 19(c)
33.—F53(1) Any application for an order under this Order, including an application for the variation, revocation or revival of such an order, shall be made by way of complaint under[F54 Part VIII of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].
(a)under sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (3) of Article 7 it appears to the court that there are special circumstances justifying the making of an order or provision such as is mentioned in that paragraph; or
(b)under Article 11(1) or 12(1) it appears to the court that there are exceptional circumstances making it desirable for a child to be under the supervision of an independent person or, as the case may be, making it impracticable or undesirable for a child to be entrusted to either of the parties to the marriage or any other person who is a parent of the child;F55. . .
Sub‐para. (c) rep. by 1998 NI 6
the court shall by order specify those circumstances.
(4) Where under any provision of this Order an order made by any court ceases to have effect on the date on which a court makes a final order on, or dismisses, an application or an appeal, it shall cease to have effect immediately on the completion of the court sitting at which the final order or dismiss is made; and where it ceases to have effect on any other date, it shall cease to have effect immediately on the expiration of the day of that date.
F53prosp. subst. by 1995 NI 2
F541981 NI 26
F551998 NI 6
34.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), anything authorised or required by this Order to be done by, to or before a court of summary jurisdiction by, to or before which any other thing was done, or is to be done (including the hearing or disposal of an adjourned application), may be done by, to or before any court of summary jurisdiction F56....
F56Words in art. 34(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 81(4), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
35.—(1) Without prejudice to [F57paragraph (2), and subject to Article 35A,] a court of summary jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine an application for an order under Article 4 where the application was made within a period of one year from the time when the relevant ground mentioned in Article 3 occurred or, where the ground is a continuing one, from the time when the ground ceased to continue.
F57Words in art. 35(1) substituted (18.4.2011) by Cross-Border Mediation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/157), reg. 8(2) (with reg. 1(2))
[F58Extension of time limit: mediationN.I.
F58Art. 35A inserted (18.4.2011) by Cross-Border Mediation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/157), reg. 8(3) (with reg. 1(2))
36.—(1) Without prejudice to[F59 Article 85 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] (power of a court of summary jurisdiction to direct periodical payments to be made through the collecting officer) a court of summary jurisdiction making an order under this Order for the making of a periodical payment by one person to another may direct that it shall be made to some third party on that other person's behalf instead of directly to that other person; and, for the purposes of any order made under this Order,[F60 the said Article 85 shall have effect as if, in paragraph (8)] for the words[F60 “the person who applied for the order”] there were substituted the words “ the person to whom the payments under the order fall to be made ”.
(3) [F60Subject to Article 85(14) of the Order of 1981,] any person for the time being under an obligation to make payments in pursuance of any order for the payment of money made under this Order shall give notice of any change of address to such person, if any, as may be specified in the order; and any person who without reasonable excuse fails to give such a notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
F591981 NI 26
F601993 NI 6
Arts. 37, 38 rep. by 1995 NI 2
(b)may proceed in his own name for the recovery of any sum required to be paid under the order[F61 or request or authorise the collecting officer under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) respectively of Article 85A of the 1981 order].
(2) Where a child has a right under Article[F62 22B] to apply for the revival of an order which provided for the making of periodical payments to or for the benefit of the child, the person with whom the child has his home may proceed in his own name for the revival of that order.
(5) F62. . . where a child is[F62 looked after by an authority (within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995), that authority] shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as the person with whom the child has his home.
“collecting officer” means the officer mentioned in[F63[F61 Article 85(4)] of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].
F611993 NI 6
F621995 NI 2
F631981 NI 26
Orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage[F64 or formation of civil partnership]N.I.
(a)an order made under Article 4(1)( a), 8 or 9 has, by virtue of Article 6(2), 8(6) or 9(6), ceased to have effect by reason of the remarriage of[F64, or formation of a civil partnership by,] the party in whose favour it was made, and
(b)the person liable to make payments under the order made payments in accordance with it in respect of a period after the date of that remarriage[F64 or the formation of that civil partnership] in the mistaken belief that the order was still subsisting,
(a)for any act done by him in pursuance of the first-mentioned order after the date on which that order or a provision thereof ceased to have effect by reason of the remarriage of[F64, or formation of a civil partnership by,] the person entitled to payments under it, and
if, but only if, the act was one which he would have been under a duty to do had the first-mentioned order not ceased to have effect by reason of the remarriage[F64 or the formation of that civil partnership] and the act was done before notice of the fact that the person so entitled had remarried[F64 or formed a civil partnership] was given to him by or on behalf of that person, the person liable to make payments under the first-mentioned order or the personal representatives of either of those persons.
(9) In this Article “collecting officer” means the officer mentioned in[F65 Article 85(2) or (3) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].
F642004 c. 33
F651981 NI 26
Art. 41 rep. by 1981 NI 26
Saving and transitional provisions, amendments and repealsN.I.
42.—(1) The saving and transitional provisions contained in Schedule 2 shall have effect.
Para.2(a), with Schedule 3, effects amendments; sub-para.(b), with Schedule 4, effects repeals
[F66(bb) on an application after the coming into operation of paragraph 25 of Schedule 1 to the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 for the variation, revival or discharge of the order, the court, in exercising its powers under the said section 5 in relation to any provision of the order requiring the payment of money, shall have power to order that payments required to be made for the maintenance of a child of the family shall be made to the child himself;]
F661989 NI 4