Paragraph 1

In this Memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires:

• “the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991 and “the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• “application”, for the purposes of Article 5, includes an application by an absent parent and an application under section 7 of the Act;

• “determining authority” means, in relation to Great Britain, a child support officer, a child support appeal tribunal, a Child Support Commissioner, or a tribunal consisting of any three of the Child Support Commissioners, and appointed or constituted under the Act, and, in relation to Northern Ireland, a child support officer or a child support appeal tribunal appointed or constituted under the Order, a Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland appointed under the Act or a tribunal consisting of any two or three of the Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland constituted under the Order;

• “parent with care” means a person who, in respect of the same child or children, is both a parent and a person with care;

• “territory” means Great Britain or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.