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Version date: 16 December 2015 - onwards

11. Liability to maintain family

The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 2(7) (amended by section 15 of the Act of 2010) -

(i) in clause (I) of paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of "spouse" for "wife",

(ii) in clause (II) of paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of "former spouse" for "former wife",

(iii) in paragraph (a)(ii), by the substitution of "other parent of that qualified child" for "mother",

(iv) in clause (I) of paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of "spouse" for "husband",

(v) in clause (II) of paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of "former spouse" for "former husband", and

(vi) in paragraph (b)(ii), by the substitution of "other parent of that qualified child" for "father",

(b) in section 344(1) (amended by section 24 of the Act of 2010) -