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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Family Law
Child Support
Made
6th December 2012
The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 41(1) and (2) of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.
(2) In this Order—
“the 2000 Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(2);
“the Act” means the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“new calculation rules” means Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order as amended by the provisions specified in Article 2(1).
(3) In this Order, subject to paragraph (5)—
“maintenance calculation”, “non-resident parent”, “person with care” and “qualifying child” have the meanings given in the Child Support Order(3);
“absent parent” and “maintenance assessment” have the meanings given in the Child Support Order before its amendment by the 2000 Act.
(4) In this Order, a reference to an existing case is to a case in which there is—
(a)a maintenance assessment in force;
(b)a maintenance calculation, made otherwise than in accordance with the new calculation rules, in force;
(c)an application for a maintenance assessment which has been made but not determined; or
(d)an application for a maintenance calculation, which falls to be made otherwise than in accordance with the new calculation rules, which has been made but not determined.
(5) In this Order—
(a)a reference to a non-resident parent includes reference to a person who is—
(i)alleged to be the non-resident parent for the purposes of an application for child support maintenance under the Child Support Order, or
(ii)treated as the non-resident parent for the purposes of that Order; and
(b)a reference to an absent parent includes reference to a person who is—
(i)alleged to be the absent parent for the purposes of an application for child support maintenance under the Child Support Order, or
(ii)treated as the absent parent for the purposes of that Order.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in operation at made date
2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Act, for the purposes of those types of cases falling within Article 3—
(a)sections 9 and 10 (power to regulate supersession and determination of applications for a variation)
(b)in Schedule 1 (changes to the calculation of maintenance) paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 to 10, and section 8 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 so far as relating to those paragraphs;
(c)in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) sub-paragraphs (4) and (25), and section 38(1) and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 so far as relating to those sub-paragraphs;
(d)in Schedule 5 (repeals) the repeals relating to—
(i)Schedule 1 to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(4), and
(ii)the Civil Partnership Act 2004(5),
and section 39 so far as it relates to those repeals,
in so far as not already in operation, is 10th December 2012.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a)sections 23 and 24 (power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction and to write off arrears); and
(b)section 26 (meaning of “child”),
of the Act, in so far as not already in operation, is 10th December 2012.
Commencement Information
I2Art. 2 in operation at made date
3.—(1) The types of cases falling within this Article, for the purposes of Article 2(1), are those cases satisfying any of paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) A case satisfies this paragraph where—
(a)an application under Article 7 of the Child Support Order(6) (child support maintenance) is made to the Department on or after 10th December 2012;
(b)that application is made in respect of at least four qualifying children with the same person with care and the same non-resident parent; and
(c)subject to paragraph (5), there is no existing case which has both the same person with care and the same non-resident parent referred to in sub-paragraph (b).
(3) A case satisfies this paragraph where it is an existing case and—
(a)the non-resident parent, in a case falling within paragraph (2), is also the non-resident parent or absent parent in relation to the existing case; and
(b)the person with care in relation to the existing case is not the person with care in relation to the case falling within paragraph (2).
(4) A case satisfies this paragraph where it is an existing case and—
(a)the non-resident parent or absent parent (“A”) is a partner of a non-resident parent in a case falling within paragraph (2) (“B”); and
(b)A or B is in receipt of a prescribed benefit.
(5) Where—
(a)the applicant in relation to an existing case makes a request to the Department under Article 7(5) of the Child Support Order to cease acting; and
(b)a further application is made under Article 7 of that Order in relation to the same qualifying child, person with care and non-resident parent on or after 10th December 2012, but before the expiry of 13 weeks from the date of cessation of action by the Department,
the case is to be treated as an existing case (and so is not a case that satisfies paragraph (2)).
(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(a) and (5)(b), the date an application is made is—
(a)where made by telephone, the date it is made; and
(b)where made by post, the date of receipt by the Department.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—
“partner” has the meaning given in paragraph 10C(4) of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act);
“prescribed benefit” means a benefit prescribed, or treated as prescribed, for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act).
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (5)(b), the date of cessation of action by the Department is—
(a)where there is a maintenance assessment or maintenance calculation in force, the date on which the liability under that assessment or calculation ends as a result of the request to cease acting;
(b)where there is an application still to be determined, the date notified to the person with care as the date on which the Department has ceased acting.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 3(1) modified (30.6.2014) by The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/194), art. 4(a)
C2Art. 3(3)(4) excluded (30.6.2014) by The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/194), art. 4(b)
C3Art. 3(7) excluded (30.6.2014) by The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/194), art. 4(b)
Commencement Information
I3Art. 3 in operation at made date
4. Where a case falls within Article 3(3) or (4), the provisions of the Child Support Order continue to apply—
(a)as they were in operation immediately before the coming into operation of the provisions in Article 2(1) in relation to that case;
(b)until the maintenance calculation made in response to the application referred to in Article 3(2)(a) takes effect.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Art. 4 excluded (30.6.2014) by The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/194), art. 4(b)
Commencement Information
I4Art. 4 in operation at made date
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Textual Amendments
F1Art. 5 omitted (29.7.2013) by virtue of The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/201), art. 5
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th December 2012
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order brings into operation the following provisions of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008—
for the purpose of applying new rules for calculating child support maintenance in the types of case falling within Article 3—
sections 9 and 10;
paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 to 10 of Schedule 1, and section 8 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 so far as relating to those paragraphs;
minor amendments in Schedule 4, and section 38(1) and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 so far as relating to those amendments; and
consequential repeals in Schedule 5, and section 39 so far as relating to those repeals; and
sections 23, 24 and 26,
in so far as not already in operation, on 10th December 2012.
Article 4 makes transitional provision so that the new calculation rules only apply to an existing case from the date the calculation made in response to the new application takes effect.
Article 5 makes transitional provision to allow a non-resident parent’s gross weekly income to be calculated on the basis of his current income if HMRC is for any reason unable to provide historic income information in relation to the non-resident parent.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No. |
---|---|---|
Sections 1 to 6 | 5th December 2008 | 2008/489 (C.29) |
Section 7 (partially) | 14th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
Section 9 (partially) | 3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
Section 12 (partially) | 29th September 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
Sections 14 and 15 (partially) | 1st June 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) |
3rd August 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) | |
Section 16 | 20th December 2010 | 2010/416 (C.24) |
Section 22 (partially) | 26th November 2009 | 2009/380 (C.28) |
25th January 2010 | 2009/380 (C.28) | |
Sections 23, 24 and 26 | ||
(partially) | 3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
Section 27 (partially) | 29th September 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
Section 28 | 3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
Section 29 | 26th November 2009 | 2009/380 (C.28) |
Section 32 | 3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
Section 33 | 5th August 2008 | 2008/331 (C.17) |
Section 34 | 1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) |
Section 35 | 14th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
Section 37 (partially) | 9th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
Section 38 (partially) | 9th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) | |
1st June 2009 and 3rd August 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) | |
3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) | |
Section 39 (partially) | 27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) |
1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) | |
1st June 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) | |
3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) | |
Section 40 (partially) | 9th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
Schedule 1 (partially) | 3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
Schedule 3 | 1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) |
Schedule 4 (partially) | 14th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) | |
1st June 2009 and 3rd August 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) | |
3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) | |
Schedule 5 (partially) | 14th July 2008 | 2008/291 (C.15) |
5th August 2008 | 2008/331 (C.17) | |
27th October 2008 | 2008/399 (C.22) | |
1st November 2008 | 2008/419 (C.24) | |
1st June 2009 | 2009/216 (C.13) | |
3rd December 2012 | 2012/423 (C.43) |
The definition of “maintenance calculation” is substituted by paragraph 12(e) of Schedule 3 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)) and the term “non-resident parent” is substituted by paragraph 11 of that Schedule
Article 7 was amended by Article 12(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 2702 (N.I. 13)), Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998 No. 1506 (N.I. 10), 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
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