Part 3Child maintenance
I154Payments of child support maintenance
1
Section 29 of the Child Support Act 1991 (collection of child support maintenance) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3) (provision which may be made by regulations for payment of child support maintenance), for paragraph (c) substitute—
c
for determining, on the basis of prescribed assumptions, the total amount of the payments of child support maintenance payable in a reference period (including provision for adjustments to such an amount);
ca
requiring payments of child support maintenance to be made—
i
by reference to such an amount and a reference period; and
ii
at prescribed intervals falling in a reference period;
3
After that subsection insert—
3A
In subsection (3)(c) and (ca) “a reference period” means—
a
a period of 52 weeks beginning with a prescribed date; or
b
in prescribed circumstances, a prescribed period.