10.—(1) Where two or more applications for a maintenance calculation are made with respect to the same child the Department may determine which to proceed with.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1) an earlier application has priority over one made later.
(3) Where in relation to an application under Article 7(1)—
(a)both parents of a qualifying child are named as non-resident parents; or
(b)it is made by both non-resident parents of a qualifying child,
the Department must proceed with the application in relation to each non-resident parent, treating it as a single application for a maintenance calculation in respect of that qualifying child.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 10 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1
Article 7 was amended by Article 12(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and is amended by sections 1(2) and 2 of, and paragraphs 11 and 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Schedule 5 to the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008