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The Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2572 · Made 19 October 1998

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FAMILY LAW

Made 19th October 1998

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 65 and 67 of the Family Law Act 1996f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 27.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Commencement of provisions in Family Law Act 1998
  4. 4Transitional provisions
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 1998.

2Interpretation

In this Order:

  • “the Act” means the Family Law Act 1996;

  • “the 1973 Act” means the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973f1;

3Commencement of provisions in Family Law Act 1998

Paragraph 16(5)(a), (6)(b) and (7)f1 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall come into force on 1st November 1998.

4Transitional provisions

Until such time as Schedule 2 to the Act comes into forcef1, section 31(7A) to (7F) of the 1973 Act shall be modified as follows:

(a)

in section 31(7D), for “Subsections (7) and (8) of section 22A” there shall be substituted “Section 23(6)”, and for “section 22A” there shall be substituted “section 23”;

(b)

in section 31(7F), for “section 23A” there shall be substituted “section 24”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 19th October 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings paragraph 16(5)(a), (6)(b) and (7) of Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 into force on 1st November 1998, subject to transitional provisions.

The provisions being brought into force insert section 31(7A) to (7F) into the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, extending the range of ancillary orders available to the court, including the power to make a lump sum order or a property adjustment order on the discharge of a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order.