Section 54 Interpretation.

In this Act—

• “F2non-resident parent”, has the meaning given in section 3(2);

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• F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F5“application for a F6variation” means an application under section 28A F7or 28G;

• F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “benefit Acts” means the F9Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

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• F10“charging order” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Charging Orders Act 1979;

• “child benefit” has the same meaning as in the M1Child Benefit Act 1975;

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• “child support maintenance” has the meaning given in section 3(6);

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• “curfew order” has the meaning given in section 39H(1);

• “deduction from earnings order” has the meaning given in section 31(2);

• F12“default maintenance decision” has the meaning given in section 12;

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• “deposit-taker” means a person who, in the course of a business, may lawfully accept deposits in the United Kingdom;

• “disability living allowance” has the same meaning as in the benefit Acts;

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• F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F15“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995;

• F16“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);

• “income support” has the same meaning as in the benefit Acts;

• “interim maintenance F17decision” has the meaning given in section 12;

• “liability order” has the meaning given in section 33(2);

• “maintenance agreement” has the meaning given in section 9(1);

• F18“maintenance calculation” means a calculation of maintenance made under this Act and, except in prescribed circumstances, includes a default maintenance decision and an interim maintenance decision;

• “maintenance order” has the meaning given in section 8(11);

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• “parent”, in relation to any child, means any person who is in law the mother or father of the child;

• “parent with care” means a person who is, in relation to a child, both a parent and a person with care.

• F19“parental responsibility”, in the application of this Act—

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     to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989; and

  2. (b)

     to Scotland, shall be construed as a reference to “parental responsibilities” within the meaning given by section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

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• “person with care” has the meaning given in section 3(3);

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “qualifying child” has the meaning given in section 3(1);

• F21“voluntary payment” has the meaning given in section 28J.

The definition of “deposit-taker” in subsection (1) is to be read with—