# Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, Section 39: Interpretation of Part II.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Part of this Act—
“maintenance”, as respects Scotland, includes aliment and any sums which are payable, following divorce, by one former spouse for the support of the other;
“maintenance order” has the same meaning as in Part I of this Act;
“order”, as respects Scotland, includes any interlocutor, and any decree or provision contained in an interlocutor;
“prescribed” has the same meaning as in Part I of this Act;
“registered order” means an order which is for the time being registered in a court in the United Kingdom under this Part of this Act;
“registering court”, in relation to a registered order, means the court in which that order is for the time being registered under this Part of this Act.
“revoke” and “revocation” include discharge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/18/section/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maintenance-orders-reciprocal-enforcement-act-1972/section-39
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