PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION
CHAPTER 2CHILD SUPPORT
Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) RegulationsI140
1
The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001150 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)151—
a
after the definition of “child tax credit” insert—
“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as that Order has effect apart from those provisions;
“contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 12, to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;
3
In regulation 4 (flat rate)152—
a
in paragraph (2)—
i
at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”,
ii
at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert “and”, and
iii
after sub-paragraph (d) insert—
e
universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, where the award of universal credit is calculated on the basis that the non-resident parent does not have any earned income.
b
after paragraph (3) insert—
4
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) and regulation 5(d) “earned income” has the meaning given in regulation 51 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.
4
In regulation 5(1)(d) (nil rate)153—
a
at the end of paragraph (i) omit “or”;
b
after paragraph (ii) insert—
iii
in receipt of universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, where the award of universal credit is calculated on the basis that they do not have any earned income; or
iv
in a case not covered by paragraph (iii), a member of a couple where their partner is in receipt of universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and the award of universal credit is calculated on the basis that the non-resident parent does not have any earned income;