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 * (c) section 3 of the Marriage Act 1949;
 * (d) the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957;
 * (e) the Guardianship of Minors Acts 1971 and 1973;
 * (f) Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972;
 * (g) Part II of the Children Act 1975;
 * (h) the Adoption Act 1976, except proceedings under section 34 of that Act;
 * (i) section 18 or section 19 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976;
 * (j) Part I of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978;
 * (k) section 47, 49 or 50 of the Child Care Act 1980;
 * (l) section 60 of this Act;

except that, subject to subsection (2) below, it does not include—
 * (i) proceedings for the enforcement of any order made, confirmed or registered under any of those enactments;
 * (ii) proceedings for the variation of any provision for the periodical payment of money contained in an order made, confirmed or registered under any of those enactments; or
 * (iii) proceedings on an information in respect of the commission of an offence under any of those enactments.

(2) The court before which there fall to be heard any of the following proceedings, that is to say—
 * (a) proceedings (whether under this Act or any other enactment) for the enforcement of any order made, confirmed or registered under any of the enactments specified in paragraphs (a) to (k) of subsection (1) above;
 * (b) proceedings (whether under this Act or any other enactment) for the variation of any provision for the making of periodical payments contained in an order made, confirmed or registered under any of those enactments;
 * (c) proceedings for an attachment of earnings order to secure maintenance payments within the meaning of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 or for the discharge or variation of such an order; or
 * (d) proceedings for the enforcement of a maintenance order which is registered in a magistrates’ court under Part II of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 or Part I of 39