Office of Public Sector Information
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Family Law
Child Support
Made
2nd October 2008
Coming into operation
27th October 2008
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 27th October 2008.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“appropriate authority” means an authority administering housing benefit;
“Health and Social Services Board” means a Board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(3);
“HSS trust” means a Health and Social Services Trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(4), by which functions are exercisable by virtue of an authorisation for the time being in operation under Article 3(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(5);
“Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(6).
(2) These Regulations apply to an old scheme case in the same way as they apply to a new scheme case, and any references to expressions in the Order (including “non-resident parent” and “maintenance calculation”) or to regulations made under that Order are to be read, in relation to an old scheme case, with the necessary modifications.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a) “new scheme case” means a case in respect of which the provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(7) have been brought into operation in accordance with Article 3 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003(8); and
(b) “old scheme case” means a case in respect of which those provisions have not been brought into operation.
(4) References in these Regulations to a non-resident parent are to a person who is the non-resident parent in relation to an application for a maintenance calculation, or in relation to a maintenance calculation that is or has been in force, and includes a person treated as a non-resident parent by virtue of regulations made under Article 39 of the Order.
S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23). Article 7(4) was amended by Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), and paragraphs 11 and 13 of Schedule 3 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)); Article 16(1) and (3) was amended by section 12 of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, and paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 6, and Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; Article 46(5) was amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; Article 47 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and section 1(2) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000; paragraph 16(11) of Schedule 1 was substituted by paragraph 32(5) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and is amended by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 Back [1]
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 Back [2]
S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) Back [3]
S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1). Article 10 was amended by section 43(1) of the Health and Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c. 3 (N.I.) Back [4]
S.R. 2001 No. 17 Back [6]
S.R. 2003 No. 53 (C. 4) Back [8]
The Child Support Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008