The Child Support Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

PART 1 GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 27th October 2008.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

• “the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• “appropriate authority” means an authority administering housing benefit;

• “Health and Social Services Board” means a Board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1);

• “HSS trust” means a Health and Social Services Trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2), by which functions are exercisable by virtue of an authorisation for the time being in operation under Article 3(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(3);

• “Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(4).

(2) These Regulations apply to an old scheme case in the same way as they apply to a new scheme case, and any references to expressions in the Order (including “non-resident parent” and “maintenance calculation”) or to regulations made under that Order are to be read, in relation to an old scheme case, with the necessary modifications.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) “new scheme case” means a case in respect of which the provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(5) have been brought into operation in accordance with Article 3 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003(6); and

(b) “old scheme case” means a case in respect of which those provisions have not been brought into operation.

(4) References in these Regulations to a non-resident parent are to a person who is the non-resident parent in relation to an application for a maintenance calculation, or in relation to a maintenance calculation that is or has been in force, and includes a person treated as a non-resident parent by virtue of regulations made under Article 39 of the Order.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

(2)

S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1). Article 10 was amended by section 43(1) of the Health and Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c. 3 (N.I.)

(3)

S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2)

(4)

S.R. 2001 No. 17

(5)

2000 c. 4 (N.I.)

(6)

S.R. 2003 No. 53 (C. 4)