The Bankruptcy Act 1988 is amended -

(a) in section 3, by the insertion of the following definitions:

"'Act of 2010' means the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

'periodic payments order' has the same meaning as it has in Part IVB of the Civil Liability Act 1961;",

(b) in section 44 -

(i) in subsection (3) -

(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "by those sections; and" for "by those sections.", and

(II) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

"(c) any sum paid to the bankrupt under a periodic payments order, which relates to damages in respect of future loss of earnings.",

(ii) in subsection (4) -

(I) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of "or",

(II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "Central Bank Act 1971, and" for "Central Bank Act, 1971.", and