Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) RegulationsN.I.

18.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Jobseekers Order”(2) insert—

“the Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;.

(3) In regulation 7(1)(b)(3) (net income: calculation or estimation of N) for “or the Jobseekers Order” substitute “, the Jobseekers Order or the Welfare Reform Act”.

(4) In regulation 28(1)(4) (amount payable where absent parent is in receipt of income support or other prescribed benefit) after “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert “, income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act,”.

(5) In Schedule 1 (calculation of N and M) in paragraph 6(2)(5) of Part II (benefit payments) for “or the Jobseekers Order” substitute “, the Jobseekers Order or the Welfare Reform Act”.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 18 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(b)

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 341; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1993 No. 164, S.R. 1998 No. 8 and S.R. 1996 No. 289. See also regulation 15 of S.R. 2001 No. 18

(2)

The definition of “the Jobseekers Order” was inserted by regulation 21(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 289

(3)

Regulation 7(1)(b) was amended by regulation 21(7)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 289

(4)

Regulation 28(1) was amended by regulation 5(10)(a) and (b) of S.R. 1993 No. 164, regulation 4(13) of S.R. 1998 No. 8 and regulation 21(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 289

(5)

Paragraph 6(2) was amended by regulation 21(7)(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 289