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

Effective dates of maintenance calculations in specified cases

28.  Where an application for a maintenance calculation is made under Article 7 of the Order, or treated as made under Article 9(3) of the Order—

(a) except where the parent with care has made a request under Article 9(5) of the Order, where in the period of 8 weeks immediately preceding the date the application is made, or treated as made under regulation 3, there has been in force a maintenance calculation in respect of the same non-resident parent and child but a different person with care, the effective date of the maintenance calculation made in respect of the application shall be the day following the day on which the previous maintenance calculation ceased to have effect;

(b) where a maintenance calculation (“the existing calculation”) is in force with respect to the person who is the person with care in relation to the application but who is the non-resident parent in relation to the existing calculation, the effective date of the calculation shall be a date not later than 7 days after the date of notification to the non-resident parent which is the day on which a maintenance period in respect of the existing calculation begins.