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

PART II BENEFIT PAYMENTS

6.—(1) The benefit payments to be taken into account in calculating or estimating N and M shall be determined in accordance with this Part.

(2) “Benefit payments" means any benefit payments under the Contributions and Benefits Act[F1, the Jobseekers Act][F2, the Welfare Reform Act or Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014] except amounts to be disregarded by virtue of Schedule 2.

(3) The amount of any benefit payment to be taken into account shall be determined by reference to the rate of that benefit applicable at the effective date.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 14(3)

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.

[F3(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an addition to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under [F4regulation 10(4)] of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations [F51996] shall be treated as a dependency increase included with a benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act.]

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[F7(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

F4Words 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)

F5Word 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)