{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-orders-act-1950/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-orders-act-1950/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/37",
  "legislation_title": "Maintenance Orders Act 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-orders-act-1950",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "†Contributions under Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and National Assistance Act 1948",
  "text": "(1) The family court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings against a person residing in Scotland or Northern Ireland—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) for an order under section forty-three of the National Assistance Act 1948 (which provides for the recovery from spouses or parents of sums in respect of assistance given under that Act).\n(c) for an order under section 18 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (which provides for the recovery of expenditure on supplementary benefits from persons liable for maintenance).\n(d) for an order under section 106 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (which provides for the recovery of expenditure on income support or universal credit from such persons);\n(2) A court in England by which an order has been made under . . . the said section forty-three or the said section 18or the said section 106 shall have jurisdiction in proceedings by or against a person residing in Scotland or Northern Ireland for the revocation, revival or variation of that order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 16; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(a) repealed by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5) s. 89, Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(b) repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 15 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 13); S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(c) inserted by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 8(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(d) added by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), ss. 86, 87, 88, Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 35(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1)(d) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1)(d) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words repealed by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 8(b) and Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 15 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 13); S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words inserted by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words inserted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), ss. 86, 87, 88, Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 35(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1976 c. 71."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(2) amended by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 17 (7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(2) amended (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 40(7), 316(2) (with s. 312(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/37/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:49.033014+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}