The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Maintenance Calculation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012

4.—(1) The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 76 (meaning of “child” for the purpose of the 1991 Act)—

(a) the existing text shall be paragraph (1);

(b) at the beginning of paragraph (1) for “The prescribed” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed”; and

(c) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) A person does not satisfy the condition referred to in paragraph (1) where the person is—

(a) engaged in remunerative work in any week during a prescribed period; or

(b) in receipt of other financial support in any week.

(3) Case 2.1(b)(i) in regulation 7(2) (qualifying young person: terminal dates) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006(2) (the “2006 Regulations”) is to be read as if at the beginning there were inserted “the week in which”.

(4) In this regulation—

“other financial support” means any of the types of financial support specified in regulation 8(2) (child benefit not payable in respect of a qualifying young person: other financial support) of the 2006 Regulations;

“prescribed period” is the period found in accordance with cases 1 and 2 in regulation 7(2) of the 2006 Regulations (as modified in respect of case 2.1(b)(i) by paragraph (3) of this regulation);

“remunerative work” has the meaning given in regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the 2006 Regulations;

“week” has the meaning in the 2006 Regulations.”.

(1)

S.I. 2012/2677.

(2)

S.I. 2006/223. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1879, S.I. 2008/1879, S.I. 2013/630, S.I. 2008/412 and S.I. 2013/630.