The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Part VI Notifications Following Certain Decisions

Notification of a maintenance calculation

23.—(1) A notification of a maintenance calculation made under Article 13 or 14(2) of the Order(1) (interim maintenance decision) shall set out, in relation to the maintenance calculation in question—

(a) the effective date of the maintenance calculation;

(b) where relevant, the non-resident parent’s net weekly income;

(c) the number of qualifying children;

(d) the number of relevant other children;

(e) the weekly rate;

(f) the amounts calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order and, where there has been agreement to a variation or a variation has otherwise been taken into account, the Child Support (Variations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(2);

(g) where the weekly rate is adjusted by apportionment or shared care, or both, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, 7 or 8, as the case may be, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order; and

(h) where the amount of child support maintenance which the non-resident parent is liable to pay is decreased in accordance with regulation 9 or 11 of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations (care provided in part by an authority and non-resident parent liable to pay maintenance under a maintenance order), the adjustment calculated in accordance with that regulation.

(2) A notification of a maintenance calculation made under Article 14(1) of the Order (default maintenance decision) shall set out the effective date of the maintenance calculation, the default rate, the number of qualifying children on which the rate is based, whether any apportionment has been applied under regulation 7 and shall state the nature of the information required to enable a decision under Article 13 of the Order to be made by way of Article 18 of the Order.

(3) Except where a person gives written permission to the Department that the information in relation to him, mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), may be conveyed to other persons, any document given or sent under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) shall not contain—

(a) the address of any person other than the recipient of the document in question (other than the address of the office of the officer concerned who is exercising functions of the Department under the Order) or any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any such person being located;

(b) any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any person, other than a qualifying child or a relevant person, being identified.

(4) Where a decision as to a maintenance calculation is made under Article 13 or 14 of the Order, a notification under paragraph (1) or (2) shall include information as to the provisions of Articles 18, 19 and 22 of the Order(3).

(1)

Articles 13 and 14 are substituted respectively by sections 1(1) and 4 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000

(2)

S.R. 2001 No. 20

(3)

Article 22 is substituted by section 10 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000