The Child Support (Deduction from Earnings Orders, Amendment and Modification and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 390

Amendment of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations

2.  In regulation 20(1)(1) of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (discharge of deductions from earnings orders)—

(a) omit “or” after sub-paragraph (f); and

(b) after sub-paragraph (g) add—

“; or

(h) it is appropriate to discharge the order in a case where liability has ceased to accrue under the maintenance assessment or maintenance calculation in respect of which the order is made because the power under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (power to require a decision about whether to stay in the statutory scheme) has been exercised in relation to the case.”.

(1)

Regulation 20(1) was amended by Regulation 4(9) of S.R. 1995 No. 162, Regulation 3(14) of S.R. 2001 No. 15, Regulation 4(5) of S.R. 2012 No. 438 and Regulation 2(7)(a) of S.R. 2014 No. 193