{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/42",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.",
  "text": "(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act or minor amendments relating to the enforcement of maintenance orders, the area of jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts for purposes of altering maintenance agreements and the variation by magistrates’ courts of certain existing maintenance, affiliation and other orders.\n(2) The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect.\n(3) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act (which include some which are spent) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 46(3) in force at 14.10.1991 in so far as not already in force, see s. 47(1)(e); S.I. 1991/1211, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/42/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:50.317478+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."
}