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.