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Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

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Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, Section 22 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Power to treat liability as satisfiedN.I.

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22  After Article 38B of the Child Support Order insert—

Power to treat liability as satisfied

38C(1) The Department may by regulations—

(a)make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off liabilities to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies;

(b)make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off against a person's liability to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies a payment made by the person which is of a prescribed description.

(2) Liability to pay child support maintenance shall be treated as satisfied to the extent that it is the subject of setting off under regulations under paragraph (1).

(3) In paragraph (1), the references to child support maintenance to which this Article applies are to child support maintenance for the collection of which the Department is authorised to make arrangements..

Commencement Information

I1S. 22 wholly in operation at 25.1.2010; s. 22 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 41(1); s. 22 in operation for certain purposes at 26.11.2009 and wholly in operation at 25.1.2010 by S.R. 2009/380, art. 2(1)

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