SCHEDULE 5CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION
Child Support Act 19918
1
The Child Support Act 1991109 is amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 1110 (maintenance assessments), as that Schedule has effect otherwise than by virtue of section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000111, in Part 1 (calculation of child support maintenance), in paragraph 6 (protected income)—
a
in sub-paragraph (5)(b)112, for sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) substitute—
i
is living together in the same household with another adult who is his or her spouse or civil partner; or
ii
is living together in the same household with another adult as if they were a married couple,
b
omit sub-paragraph (5A)113.
3
In Schedule 1 (maintenance calculations), as that Schedule has effect by virtue of section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, in Part 1 (calculation of weekly amount of child support maintenance), in paragraph 10C (references to various terms)—
a
for sub-paragraph (5)114 substitute—
5
In sub-paragraph (4)(a), “couple” means—
a
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
b
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as a married couple.
b
omit sub-paragraph (6).