6 Variation, discharge, etc of orders for periodical payments
Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (1975 c 63) | Legislation

6  Variation, discharge, etc of orders for periodical payments

(1)     Subject to the provisions of this Act, where the court has made an order under section 2(1)(a) of this Act (in this section referred to as “the original order”) for the making of periodical payments to any person (in this section referred to as “the original recipient”), the court, on an application under this section, shall have power by order to vary or discharge the original order or to suspend any provision of it temporarily and to revive the operation of any provision so suspended.

(2)     Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an order made on an application for the variation of the original order may—

(a)     provide for the making out of any relevant property of such periodical payments and for such term as may be specified in the order to any person who has applied, or would but for section 4 of this Act be entitled to apply, for an order under section 2 of this Act (whether or not, in the case of any application, an order was made in favour of the applicant);

(b)     provide for the payment out of any relevant property of a lump

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