The Child Support (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2015

Amendment to the Child Support Information Regulations 2008

7.  After regulation 14 of the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 (employment to which section 50 of the 1991 Act applies)(1) insert—

“Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies

14A.— (1) The information prescribed for the purposes of section 49D(2)(c) of the 1991 Act (disclosure of information to credit reference agencies) is, in relation to the person referred to in section 49D(2)(b) of that Act—

(a) the person’s name, last known or notified address and date of birth;

(b) the reference number used by the Secretary of State to identify the person’s case;

(c) the date on which any liability order in force against the person was made;

(d) the amount in respect of which that liability order was made;

(e) the address stated in that liability order, if different from the person’s last known or notified address;

(f) that the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (d) has been paid and the date on which that amount was paid;

(g) that a liability order made against the person has been set aside or quashed.

(2) The Secretary of State must send a written notice by post to the person’s last known or notified address at least twenty-one days prior to supplying the information in paragraph (1)(a) to (e) to a credit reference agency.

(3) The requirement in paragraph (2) does not apply where the person cannot be traced.

(4) The written notice must state that the Secretary of State intends to supply information in relation to the non-resident parent to a credit reference agency.”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/2551.Regulation 14 was amended by S.I. 2009/396 and 2012/725.