Default rate
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48.—(1) Where the Department makes a default maintenance decision under Article 14(1)(1) the default rate is set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The default rate is—
(a)£39 where there is one qualifying child;
(b)£51 where there are two qualifying children; or
(c)£64 where there are three or more qualifying children,
apportioned, where the non-resident parent has more than one qualifying child and in relation to them there is more than one person with care, as provided in paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1.
(1)
Article 14(1) was substituted by paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998