# The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 14: Variation of consent orders by courts of summary jurisdiction


For Article 22(2) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (under which the court can vary a consent order by ordering the payment of a lump sum if the consent order provided for the payment of a lump sum) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) Where the court has made an order under Article 8 for the making of periodical payments by a party to a marriage the court shall have power, on an application made under this Article, to vary or revoke that order and also to make an order for the payment of a lump sum by that party either—
(a) to the other party to the marriage, or
(b) to a child of the family or to that other party for the benefit of that child.” .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/677/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-14
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