Protection of the Rights of Elders Act 2000 · As enacted · Part VI · Appointment of the Board
30. Power of Board to vary orders for maintenance
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The Board may vary or rescind any subsisting order for maintenance, whether secured or unsecured, where it is satisfied that the order was based on any misrepreseutation or mistake of fact or where there has been any material change in the circumstances of the applicant or respondents or where another person is joined as a respondent.
An application for variation of a maintenance order may be made by—
the applicant ;
arespondent ;
an approved person or organisation referred to in section 25(2) ; or
inrespect of secured maintenance, the legal personal representatives of a respondent.
Where a maintenance order was made against more than one respondent or where another respondent is joined, the Board upon an application to vary the maintenance order, may reapportion the maintenance in such manner as it considers just and equitable in the circumstances.