The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992

2.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Act)(2)—

(a) for the heading to paragraph 1 substitute—

“Conditions prescribed for the purposes of section 55(1)”;

(b) after paragraph 7 (education otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment)(3) insert—

“Person in respect of whom child benefit is payable

8.   For the purposes of paragraphs 1(3) and 4(2), a person in respect of whom child benefit is payable includes a person in respect of whom an election has been made under section 13A(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (election not to receive child benefit)(4) for payments of child benefit not to be made.”.

(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (multiple applications), after sub-paragraph (14) insert—

“(15) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (12)(c), where a person has made an election under section 13A(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (election not to receive child benefit) for payments of child benefit not to be made in respect of a child, that person is to be treated as the person to whom child benefit is being paid in respect of that child.”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/1813. The Regulations have been revoked in relation to particular cases by S.I. 2001/157 (as amended by S.I. 2003/328 and 347) and S.I. 2012/2785. For savings, see S.I. 2001/157 (as amended by S.I. 2004/2415).

(2)

Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2012/2785.

(3)

Paragraph 7 was inserted by S.I. 2012/2785.

(4)

1992 c. 5. Section 13A was inserted by section 8 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14).