{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-16/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-16/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The orders are—\n(a) an order that the respondent must make to the applicant such periodical payments for such term as may be specified;\n(b) an order that the respondent must pay to the applicant such lump sum as may be specified;\n(c) an order that the respondent must make—\n(i) to the applicant for the benefit of a child of the family to whom the application relates, or\n(ii) to a child of the family to whom the application relates, such periodical payments for such term as may be specified;\n(d) an order that the respondent must pay such lump sum as may be specified—\n(i) to the applicant for the benefit of a child of the family to whom the application relates, or\n(ii) to a child of the family to whom the application relates.\n(2) The amount of a lump sum specified under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (d) must not exceed—\n(a) £1,000, or\n(b) such larger amount as the Lord Chancellor may , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, from time to time by order fix for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.\n(3) The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (2) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).\n(4) An order under sub-paragraph (2) is subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\n(5) “Specified” means specified in the order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 16 para. 2(2)(b) inserted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 16 para. 2(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 76 (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/16/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}