[F1 General ruleE+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(3), 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.
1(1)The weekly rate of child support maintenance is the basic rate unless a reduced rate, a flat rate or the nil rate applies.E+W+S
(2)Unless the nil rate applies, the amount payable weekly to a person with care is—
(a)the applicable rate, if paragraph 6 does not apply; or
(b)if paragraph 6 does apply, that rate as apportioned between the persons with care in accordance with paragraph 6,
as adjusted, in either case, by applying the rules about shared care in paragraph 7 or 8.]