The Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations 1992

[F1 Prescription for the purposes of jurisdiction E+W+S

7A.— (1)  The companies prescribed for the purposes of section 44(2A)(c) of the Act (non-resident parents not habitually resident in the United Kingdom but employed by prescribed companies) are companies which employ employees to work outside the United Kingdom but make calculations and payment arrangements in relation to the earnings of those employees in the United Kingdom so that a deduction from earnings order may be made under section 31 of the Act in respect of the earnings of any such employee who is a liable person for the purposes of that section.

(2)  The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of section 44(2A)(d) of the Act (non-resident parents not habitually resident in the United Kingdom but employed by a prescribed body)—

(a) a National Health Service Trust established by order made under section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act ”) or under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act ”);

[F2 (aa) an NHS foundation trust within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003;]

[F3 (ab) [F4 an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006];

(ac) the National Health Service Commissioning Board;

(ad) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;

F5 (ae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

F6 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) a Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the 1977 Act ”);

(d) a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the 1977 Act ;

F7 (da) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) a local authority, and for this purpose “local authority” means, in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and, in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council and, in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994;

(f) a Health and Social Service Trust established by order made under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

(g) a Health and Social Services Board established by order made under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (“the 1972 Order ”);

(h) the Central Services Agency established by order made under Article 26 of the 1972 Order ;

(i) a Special Agency established by order made under Article 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990;

(j) a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act ; and

(k) a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act.

[F8 (l) Healthcare Improvement Scotland constituted under section 10A of the 1978  Act.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 7A inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of S.I. 2001/161) by (Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(b), 8(3) (with reg. 10); (s. 22(3) in force for specified purposes at 10.11.2000 by S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I; s. 22(3) in force for certain purposes at 31.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(1)(a))

F2 Reg. 7A(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), art. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 13

F3 Regs. 7A(2)(ab)-(ae) inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(a)

F4 Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))

F5 Reg. 7A(2)(ae) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 24 (with reg. 3)

F6 Reg. 7A(2)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(b)

F7 Reg. 7A(2)(da) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(c)

F8 Reg. 7A(2)(l) inserted (28.10.2011) by The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications of Enactments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2581), art. 1(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 19