SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Maintenance Assessments

F1PART I Calculation of weekly amount of child support maintenance

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Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(3), 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Basic rate

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1

The basic rate is the following percentage of the non-resident parent’s net weekly income—

  • 15% where he has one qualifying child;

  • 20% where he has two qualifying children;

  • 25% where he has three or more qualifying children.

2

If the non-resident parent also has one or more relevant other children, the appropriate percentage referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is to be applied instead to his net weekly income less—

  • 15% where he has one relevant other child;

  • 20% where he has two relevant other children;

  • 25% where he has three or more relevant other children.