The Child Support (Variations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

   2. 2. Documents

   3. 3. Determination of amounts

3. Part II Application and Determination Procedure

   1. 4. Application for a variation

   2. 5. Amendment or withdrawal of application

   3. 6. Rejection of an application following preliminary consideration

   4. 7. Prescribed circumstances

   5. 8. Provision of information

   6. 9. Procedure in relation to the determination of an application

4. Part III Special Expenses

   1. 10. Special expenses — contact costs

   2. 11. Special expenses — illness or disability of relevant other child

   3. 12. Special expenses — prior debts

   4. 13. Special expenses — boarding school fees

   5. 14. Special expenses—payments in respect of certain mortgages, loans or insurance policies

   6. 15. Thresholds for and reduction of amount of special expenses

5. Part IV Property or Capital Transfers

   1. 16. Prescription of terms

   2. 17. Value of a transfer of property—equivalent weekly value

6. Part V Additional Cases

   1. 18. Assets

   2. 19. Income not taken into account and diversion of income

   3. 20. Life-style inconsistent with declared income

7. Part VI Factors to be taken into account for the purposes of Article 28F of the Order

   1. 21. Factors to be taken into account and not to be taken into account

8. Part VII Effect of a Variation on the Maintenance Calculation and Effective Dates

   1. 22. Effective dates

   2. 23. Effect on maintenance calculation—special expenses

   3. 24. Effect on maintenance calculation—property or capital transfer

   4. 25. Effect on maintenance calculation—additional cases

   5. 26. Effect on maintenance calculation—maximum amount payable where the variation is on additional cases ground

   6. 27. Effect on maintenance calculation—general

   7. 28. Transitional provisions—conversion decisions

   8. 29. Situations in which a variation previously agreed to may be taken into account in calculating maintenance liability

   9. 30. Circumstances for the purposes of Article 28F(3) of the Order

9. Part VIII Miscellaneous

   1. 31. Regular payments condition

   2. 32. Meaning of “benefit” for the purposes of Article 28E of the Order

10. Part IX Revocation

    1. 33. Revocation and savings

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE

       Equivalent weekly value of a transfer of property

       1. 1. (1) Subject to paragraph 3, the equivalent weekly value of...

       2. 2. The Table referred to in paragraph 1(1) is— THE TABLE...

       3. 3. The Department may determine a lower equivalent weekly value than...

13. Explanatory Note