Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976
Amendment of Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940.
29.—The references in subsections (1) and (7) of section 8 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940, to an order shall be construed as including references to a maintenance order, a variation order, an interim order, an order under section 8 of this Act (in so far as it is deemed under that section to be a maintenance order) or a direction under section 9 of this Act.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of section extended with modifications (3.05.1993) by Criminal Justice Act 1993 (6/1993), s. 7, commenced as per s. 14(2).
Payment of compensation to District Court clerks for transmission, and attachment of earnings orders.
7.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), payments under a compensation order or an order under section 6 (8) shall be made, for transmission to the injured party concerned, to such District Court clerk as may be determined from time to time by the court which made the order.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and of securing compliance with compensation orders and orders under section 6(8)— ...
(c) section 29 (which amends the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940),
of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976, shall apply to those orders with the following modifications and any other necessary modifications, that is to say:
...
(iii) in the said section 29 the reference to a maintenance order shall be construed as including a reference to a compensation order and an order under section 6(8).