Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 27th October 2008.
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations2.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)
in paragraph (2), omit the definition of “direction”; and
(b)
(3)
In regulation 2 (applications under Article 7 or 9 of the Order)—
(a)
in the heading, omit “or 9”; and
(b)
in paragraph (2), omit “under Article 9 of the Order or”.
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Omit regulations 33 to 48.
(10)
In Schedule 2 (no maintenance assessment in force: more than one application for a maintenance assessment by the same person under Article 7 or 9 or under Articles 7 and 9 of the Order)—
(a)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in the heading, omit “under Article 7 or 9 or under Articles 7 and 9 of the Order”,
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (1), omit “or 9”, and
(iii)
omit sub-paragraph (2);
(b)
(i)
in sub-paragraph (2), omit “or 9”, and
(ii)
omit sub-paragraph (5); and
(c)
omit paragraph 4 (maintenance assessment in force: subsequent application for a maintenance assessment under Article 9 of the Order).
Amendment of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations3.
Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations4.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
in paragraph (3), for “13, 14 or 43” substitute “13 or 14”; and
(b)
in paragraph (6), for “14, 19 or 43” substitute “14 or 19”.
(4)
(a)
omit paragraphs (11) to (15); and
(b)
in paragraph (20)(a), omit “, or treated as made under Article 9(3) of that Order,”.
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations5.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)
in paragraph (1), for “1(2), 3, 4 and 18” substitute “1(2) and 4”; and
(b)
in paragraph (2), in the definition of—
(i)
“notice of a maintenance application”, omit “, or treated as made,”, and
(ii)
“relevant person”, omit “or has been treated as applied for under Article 9(3) of the Order,”.
(3)
(4)
In regulation 6(1)(death of qualifying child), omit “or has been treated as made”.
(5)
Omit regulations 8 to 20.
(6)
(a)
in paragraph (1), omit “, or treated as made under Article 9(3) of the Order, as the case may be,”; and
(b)
omit paragraph (3)(b) and the word “or” immediately before it.
(7)
(8)
(9)
(a)
in paragraph (1), omit “, or treated as made under Article 9(3) of the Order”;
(b)
in paragraph (1)(a), (c) and (d), omit “except where the parent with care has made a request under Article 9(5) of the Order,”;
(c)
omit paragraph (2); and
(d)
omit paragraph (3)(b) and the word “and” immediately before it.
(10)
(a)
in the heading, omit “and reduced benefit decisions”;
(b)
in paragraph (1), omit “or is treated as made under Article 9(3) of the Order,”;
(c)
in paragraph (1B)(b), omit “or an application for a maintenance calculation is treated as made under the Order”; and
(d)
omit paragraphs (3) to (7).
(11)
In Schedule 2 (no maintenance calculation in force: more than one application for a maintenance calculation by the same person under Article 7 or 9 or under Articles 7 and 9 of the Order)—
(a)
in paragraph 1—
(i)
in the heading, omit “under Article 7 or 9 or under Articles 7 and 9 of the Order”,
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (1), omit “or 9”, and
(iii)
omit sub-paragraph (2);
(b)
in paragraph 2 (no maintenance calculation in force: applications by different persons for a maintenance calculation)—
(i)
in sub-paragraph (2), omit “or is treated as made under Article 9 of the Order,”, and
(ii)
omit sub-paragraph (4); and
(c)
in paragraph 3 (maintenance calculation in force: subsequent application with respect to the same persons), omit “or treated as made, as the case may be,”.
(12)
(a)
in paragraph 1—
(i)
in the heading, omit “or 9 or under Articles 7 and 9”,
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (1), omit “or is treated as making, as the case may be,” and “or 9”, and
(iii)
omit sub-paragraph (2);
(b)
in paragraph 2 (no maintenance assessment or calculation in force: applications by different persons for maintenance)—
(i)
in sub-paragraph (2), omit “, or is made under Article 9 of the former Order, or is treated as made under Article 9 of the Order,”, and
(ii)
omit sub-paragraph (4); and
(c)
in paragraph 3 (maintenance assessment in force: subsequent application with respect to the same persons), in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or treated as made”.
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations6.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “relevant week”, omit “, or treated as made, as the case may be,”.
(3)
(4)
In regulation 11(1)(a) (non-resident parent liable to pay maintenance under a maintenance order), omit “or treated as made, as the case may be,”.
Amendment of the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations7.
(1)
(a)
3(1)(b) (decision and notice of decision);
(b)
(c)
(d)
25(2)(a) (maximum transitional amount);
(f)
30(a) (cases to which this Part applies).
(2)
Amendment of the Child Support (Variations) Regulations8.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 19(1)(a) (income not taken into account and diversion of income), omit “or treated as applied for”.
(3)
In regulation 20(1)(a) and (2) (life-style inconsistent with declared income), omit “or treated as applied for”.
Amendment of the Child Support (Voluntary Payments) Regulations9.
Revocation10.
The statutory provisions specified in the Schedule are revoked to the extent specified there.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd October 2008