The Child Support Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Information from other persons N.I.

4.—(1) The persons listed in paragraph (2) must furnish such information or evidence as is required by the Department and is needed—

(a) for the determination of any application made under the Order or any question arising in connection with such an application;

(b) for the making of any decision, or in connection with the imposition of any condition or requirement, under that Order; or

(c) in connection with the collection or enforcement of child support or other maintenance under that Order.

(2) The persons required to furnish information or evidence are—

(a) subject to regulation 5, the non-resident parent;

(b) a current or previous employer of the non-resident parent;

(c) a person for whom the non-resident parent is providing or has provided services under a contract for services;

(d) a person who acts or has acted as an accountant for the non-resident parent;

(e) a person, other than the applicant, who provides day to day care for a child in respect of whom an application for a maintenance calculation has been made or in respect of whom a maintenance calculation is or has been in force;

(f) a credit reference agency within the meaning given by the Consumer Credit Act 1974(1);

(g) the appropriate authority, the Health and Social Services Board or the HSS trust in whose area the non-resident parent or the person with care resides or has resided;

(h) persons employed in the service of the Crown or otherwise in the discharge of Crown functions—

(i) under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2), sections 97 to 99A of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) or Part II of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(4), or

(ii) under the Prison Act 1952(5), the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953(6) or the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(7);

(i) a person who, in the course of business, may lawfully accept deposits in the United Kingdom;

(j) a person who, within the meaning of Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(8), distributes or supplies electricity;

(k) a person who is the holder of a licence under Article 8(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(9) to convey or supply gas through pipes.

(3) The persons mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) include persons employed in the service of the Crown or otherwise in the discharge of Crown functions.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1

(1)

1974 c. 39

(2)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)

(3)

1988 c. 52; sections 97 to 99A were amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations (S.I. 1990/144), the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420), the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c. 13) and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)

(4)

1994 c. 22; Part II was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), the Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (c. 3), the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) and the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)

(5)

1952 c. 52

(6)

1953 c. 18

(7)

1989 c. 45

(8)

S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)

(9)

S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)