The Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Amount payable during the transitional period

31.—(1) In a case to which this Part applies, the amount of child support maintenance payable under a maintenance calculation during the transitional period shall, instead of being the calculation amount, be the transitional amount.

(2) The transitional amount is—

(a) during the first 26 weeks of the transitional period, the old amount plus either 25 per cent. of the excess or £20·00, whichever is the greater;

(b) during the next 26 weeks of the transitional period, the old amount plus either 50 per cent. of the excess or £40·00, whichever is the greater; and

(c) during the last 26 weeks of the transitional period, the old amount plus either 75 per cent. of the excess or £60·00, whichever is the greater.

(3) If in any case the application of the provisions of this Part would result in an amount of child support maintenance becoming payable which is greater than the calculation amount, then those provisions shall not apply or, as the case may be, shall cease to apply to that case and the amount of child support maintenance payable in that case shall be the calculation amount.