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The Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 2003-02-20
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: 20th February 2003

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 19(5), 28B(2)(c), 28E(5), 31(8), 38(4)(a), 39, 43(5), 47 and 48(4) of, and paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 2(2) and 5(1) of Schedule 4B to, the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[^f00001] and now vested in it[^f00002], and section 28 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000[^f00003] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation as follows –

Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations

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Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations

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Amendment of the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations

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In regulation 6 of the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00019] (rate of interest and calculation of interest) –

(b) the reference banks are the seven largest persons for the time being who – (i) have permission under Part IV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000[^f00020] to accept deposits; (ii) are incorporated in the United Kingdom and carrying on there a regulated activity of accepting deposits, and (iii) quote a base rate in sterling; and

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(6) Paragraph (3)(b) must be read with – (a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; (b) any relevant order under that section; and (c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

Amendment of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations

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In regulation 8(4) of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00022] (interpretation of Part III—deduction from earnings orders) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –

(f) working tax credit payable under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002.

Amendment of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations

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Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

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Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations

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Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations

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Amendment of the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations

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(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where regulation 10 applies and there is at the calculation date more than one maintenance assessment in relation to the same absent parent, which has the meaning given in the former Order, the amount of child support maintenance payable from the case conversion date in respect of each person with care shall be determined by applying regulation 10 and paragraph (1) as if – (a) the references to the new amount were to the apportioned amount payable in respect of the person with care; and (b) the references to the former assessment amount were to that amount in respect of that person with care. (3) Where regulation 10 applies and a conversion decision is made in a circumstance to which regulation 15(3C) applies, the amount of child support maintenance payable from the case conversion date – (a) to a person with care in respect of whom an application for a maintenance calculation has been made or treated as made which is of a type referred to in regulation 15(3C)(b), shall be the apportioned amount payable in respect of that person with care; and (b) in respect of any other person with care, shall be determined by applying regulation 10 and paragraph (1) as if the references to the new amount were to the apportioned amount payable in respect of that person with care and the references to the former assessment amount were to that amount in respect of that person with care. (4) In this regulation, “apportioned amount” means the amount payable in respect of a person with care calculated as provided in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order and regulations made under that Part and, where applicable, regulations 17 to 23 and Part IV of these Regulations.

(3) This paragraph applies where the maintenance calculation is made with respect to a relevant person who is a relevant person in relation to the maintenance assessment whether or not with respect to a different qualifying child. (3A) This paragraph applies where the maintenance calculation is made in relation to a partner (“A”) of a person (“B”) who is a relevant person in relation to the maintenance assessment and – (a) A or B is in receipt of a prescribed benefit; and (b) either – (i) A is the non-resident parent in relation to the maintenance calculation and B is the absent parent in relation to the maintenance assessment, or (ii) A is the person with care in relation to the maintenance calculation and B is the person with care in relation to the maintenance assessment. (3B) The case conversion date of a conversion decision made where paragraph (3C) applies is the beginning of the first maintenance period on or after the date of notification of the conversion decision. (3C) This paragraph applies where on or after the commencement date – (a) there is a maintenance assessment in force; (b) an application is made or treated as made which, but for the maintenance assessment, would result in a maintenance calculation being made with an effective date before the conversion date; (c) the non-resident parent in relation to the application referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is the absent parent in relation to the maintenance assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and (d) the person with care in relation to the application referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is a different person to the person with care in relation to the maintenance assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (a). (3D) The case conversion date of a conversion decision made where paragraph (3E) applies is the beginning of the first maintenance period on or after the date on which the superseding decision referred to in paragraph (3E)(d) takes effect. (3E) This paragraph applies where on or after the commencement date – (a) a maintenance assessment is in force in relation to a person (“C”) and a maintenance calculation is in force in relation to another person (“D”); (b) C or D is in receipt of a prescribed benefit; (c) either – (i) C is the absent parent in relation to the maintenance assessment and D is the non-resident parent in relation to the maintenance calculation, or (ii) C is the person with care in relation to the maintenance assessment and D is the person with care in relation to the maintenance calculation; and (d) the decision relating to the prescribed benefit referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is superseded on the ground that C is the partner of D. (3F) The case conversion date of a conversion decision made where paragraph (3G) applies is the beginning of the first maintenance period on or after the date from which entitlement to the prescribed benefit referred to in paragraph (3G)(c) begins. (3G) This paragraph applies where on or after the commencement date – (a) a person (“E”) in respect of whom a maintenance assessment is in force is the partner of another person (“F”) in respect of whom a maintenance calculation is in force; (b) either— (i) E is the absent parent in relation to the maintenance assessment and F is the non-resident parent in relation to the maintenance calculation, or (ii) E is the person with care in relation to the maintenance assessment and F is the person with care in relation to the maintenance calculation; and (c) E and F become entitled to a prescribed benefit as partners.

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  • “absent parent” has the meaning given in the former Order;

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(2A) For the purposes of Articles 29 to 38B of the Order[^f00042] and regulations made under or by virtue of those Articles, a conversion decision shall be treated on or after the case conversion date as if it were a maintenance calculation.

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(a) a weekly amount calculated by aggregating the first prescribed amount with the result of applying Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order to the additional income arising under the relevant departure direction; or (b) a weekly amount calculated by applying Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order to the aggregate of the additional income arising under the relevant departure direction and the weekly amount of any benefit, pension or allowance received by the non-resident parent which is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of that Schedule.

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and (c) any benefit, pension or allowance referred to in sub-paragraph (b) shall not include – (i) in the case of industrial injuries benefit under section 94 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[^f00044], any increase in that benefit under section 104 (constant attendance) or 105 (exceptionally severe disablement) of that Act; (ii) in the case of a war disablement pension within the meaning in section 146(2) of that Act, any award under the following articles of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983[^f00045] (“the Service Pensions Order”): article 14 (constant attendance allowance), 15 (exceptionally severe disablement allowance), 16 (severe disablement occupational allowance) or 26A (mobility supplement) or any analogous allowance payable in conjunction with any other war disablement pension, and (iii) any award under article 18 of the Service Pensions Order[^f00046] (unemployability allowances) which is an additional allowance in respect of a child of the non-resident parent where that child is not living with the non-resident parent.

(5) Where the new amount is calculated under regulation 26(1) of the Variations Regulations, the “relevant income” for the purposes of paragraph (2) is the additional income arising under the variation.

(a) the transitional amount payable under this Part added to, where applicable, the transitional amount payable under Part IV; and

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(aa) the amount of child support maintenance payable to a person with care in respect of whom there was a maintenance assessment in force immediately before the case conversion date and in respect of whom the amount payable is not calculated by reference to a phasing amount, shall be an amount calculated as provided in sub-paragraph (a) and, where applicable, regulations 17 to 23;

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(7) Where paragraph (1) applies and at the date of the subsequent decision there is more than one person with care in relation to the same non-resident parent – (a) the amount payable to a person with care in respect of whom the amount payable is calculated by reference to a phasing amount shall be determined by applying paragraphs (1) to (5) as if references to the new amount, the subsequent decision amount and the transitional amount were to the apportioned part of the amount in question; and (b) the amount payable in respect of any other person with care shall be the apportioned part of the subsequent decision amount. (8) In paragraph (7), “apportioned part” means the amount payable in respect of a person with care calculated as provided in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order and regulations made under that Part and, where applicable, Parts III and IV of these Regulations. (9) Where a subsequent decision is made in respect of a decision which is itself a subsequent decision, paragraphs (2) to (5) shall apply as if, except in paragraphs (2)(a) and (4)(a), references to the new amount were to the subsequent decision amount which applied immediately before the most recent subsequent decision.

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