(1) On granting a decree of dissolution or at any other time after granting the decree, the court, on application to it in that behalf by either of the civil partners concerned or by a person on behalf of a dependent child of the civil partners may, during the lifetime of either of the civil partners, make one or more of the following orders:

(a) an order that either of the civil partners make to the other the periodical payments in the amounts, during the period and at the times that may be specified in the order;

(aa) an order that either of the civil partners make to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of any dependent child of the civil partners the periodical payments in the amounts, during the period and at the times that may be specified in the order;

(b) an order that either of the civil partners secure to the other, to the satisfaction of the court, the periodical payments of the amounts, during the period and at the times that may be specified in the order;

(ba) an order that either of the civil partners secure, to the satisfaction of the court, to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of any dependent child of the civil partners the periodical payments in the amounts, during the period and at the times that may be specified in the order;