Regulation 9 “Maintenance order”, “spouse” and “civil partner”

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—

For the purposes of regulation 8, “order” in paragraph (1) includes an authentic instrument or court settlement as referred to in—

and the expression “maintenance order” is to be read accordingly.

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.

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.

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.