(1) In this Part -
"allowance" means one-parent family payment, supplementary welfare allowance or a relevant payment by virtue of section 178(1)(a) or (b);
"antecedent order" means - (a) an order under section 346(5), (b) an order under section 346(6) (insofar as it is deemed to be an order under section 17 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1926), or (c) an order under section 346(6) (insofar as it is deemed to be an order under section 5 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940);
"attachment of earnings order" means an order under section 347;
"civil partner" in relation to a civil partner who has entered into a civil partnership more than once, refers only to his or her last civil partner and for this purpose that last civil partner shall be read as including the civil partner with whom, but for the fact the civil partnership has been dissolved, being a dissolution recognised as valid in the State, he or she entered into that civil partnership;
"competent authority"
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