The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992

7.—(1) Where a benefit payment under the Contributions and Benefits Act includes an adult or child dependency increase—

(a)if that benefit is payable to a parent, the income of that parent shall be calculated or estimated as if it did not include that amount;

(b)if that benefit is payable to some other person but includes an amount in respect of the parent, the income of the parent shall be calculated or estimated as if it included that amount.

[F1(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an addition to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under [F2regulation 10(4)] of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations [F31996] shall be treated as a dependency increase included with a benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act.]

F4(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(6) Where child benefit in respect of a relevant child is in payment at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(ii) of the Child Benefit Rates Regulations, the difference between that rate and the basic rate applicable to that child, as defined in regulation 4.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7(1A) substituted (6.4.1999) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/977), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(e)(i) (with reg. 7)

F3Word in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7(1A) substituted (6.4.1999) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/977), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(e)(ii) (with reg. 7)