Section 2 of the Act enables the court to make any one or more of the following orders: - a periodical payments or 'maintenance' order, for regular payments of a specific sum; - a lump sum order or 'one off' payment; - a transfer or sale of property order; - an order redistributing or acquiring property, for example, for a trust for the applicant; - an order varying any pre-nuptial or post-nuptial settlement (including such a settlement made by will) where the deceased was married.