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“action” means an action brought after the commencement of this Act;

“action for aliment” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(3) of this Act;

“aliment” does not include aliment pendente lite or interim aliment under section 6 of this Act;

[“benefits under a pension arrangement” includes any benefits by way of pension, including relevant state scheme rights, whether under a pension arrangement or not;]

“caravan” means a caravan which is mobile or affixed to the land;

“child” includes [a child whether or not his parents have ever been married to [or in a civil partnership with] one another], and any reference to the child of a marriage [or the child of a civil partnership] (whether or not subsisting) includes a child (other than a child who has been boarded out with the parties, or one of them, by a local or other public authority or a voluntary organisation) who has been accepted by the parties as a child of the family;

[“child support maintenance” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(6) of the Child Support Act 1991;]

[“civil partnership”,