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The basic principles The basic principles

England, Wales and Scotland

  1. 1The duty to maintain.
  2. 2Welfare of children: the general principle.
  3. 3Meaning of certain terms used in this Act.
  4. 4Child support maintenance.
  5. 5Child support maintenance: supplemental provisions.
  6. 6Applications by those claiming or receiving benefit.
  7. 7Right of child in Scotland to apply for calculation.
  8. 8Role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children.
  9. 9Agreements about maintenance.
  10. 10Relationship between maintenance calculations and certain court orders and related matters.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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Word in Act substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(b), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.