6.—(1) A maintenance assessment in force on 13th January 1997 shall not be reviewed solely to give effect to these Regulations, but the provisions of these Regulations shall be applied in conducting a review of such an assessment under Article 18, 19, 20 or 21 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
(2) Where the amount of child support maintenance fixed by any fresh assessment made following a review mentioned in paragraph (1) is affected by the provisions of these Regulations, the effective date of that assessment shall not be earlier than the first day of the first maintenance period which commences on or after 13th January 1997.
(3) The provisions of regulations 39A and 47A of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations(1) in force prior to 13th January 1997 shall continue to apply to a reduced benefit direction which at that date is suspended under the provisions of regulation 39A.
Regulations 39A and 47A were inserted by regulation 3(24) and (25) respectively, of S.R. 1995 No. 475