# The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009, Regulation 9: “Maintenance order”, “spouse” and “civil partner”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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—
(a) the maintenance of his spouse or civil partner;
(b) the maintenance of any child of his, his spouse or his civil partner;
(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;
(d) any costs incurred in obtaining an order within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or
(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).
(2) For the purposes of regulation 8, “order” in paragraph (1) includes an authentic instrument or court settlement as referred to in—
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(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and the expression “maintenance order” is to be read accordingly.
(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.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1109/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009/regulation-9
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