{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1109",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "“Maintenance order”, “spouse” and “civil partner”",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in regulations 7 and 8 “maintenance order” means an order requiring a relevant person to make a payment for or in respect of—\n(a) the maintenance of his spouse or civil partner;\n(b) the maintenance of any child of his, his spouse or his civil partner;\n(c) the maintenance of any other child who has been treated by him and his spouse, or by him and his civil partner, as a child of their family;\n(d) any costs incurred in obtaining an order within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or\n(e) any costs incurred in proceedings on appeal against, or for the variation, revocation or revival of an order within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 8, “order” in paragraph (1) includes an authentic instrument or court settlement as referred to in—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nand the expression “maintenance order” is to be read accordingly.\n(2A) For the purposes of regulation 8, a reference to a maintenance order is to include a reference to a maintenance arrangement which is to be recognised and enforceable in the same way as a maintenance decision by virtue of Article 30 of the 2007 Hague Convention.\n(3) References in paragraph (1) to the spouse of a relevant person include, in relation to an order made in proceedings in connection with the dissolution or annulment of a marriage, references to the person who would have been his spouse if the marriage had subsisted.\n(4) References in paragraph (1) to the civil partner of a relevant person include, in relation to an order made in proceedings in connection with the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership, references to the person who would have been his civil partner if the civil partnership had subsisted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 9(2)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 78(4) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 9(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 36(4) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 9(2A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2814), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 9(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1109/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:37.446354+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}