SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Maintenance F2Calculations

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Amendments (Textual)
F2

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

C2C1C3F1PART I Calculation of weekly amount of child support maintenance

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

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.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Sch. 1 para. 5 (as originally enacted) amended (18.3.2008 for specified purposes, 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 7(8); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(1)(4)(f), Sch.

C1

Sch. 1 para. 6 (as originally enacted) amended (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 paras. 4, 5; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Basic rate

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1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the basic rate is the following percentage of the non-resident parent's gross weekly income—

  • 12% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;

  • 16% where the non-resident parent has two qualifying children;

  • 19% where the non-resident parent has three or more qualifying children.

2

If the gross weekly income of the non-resident parent exceeds £800, the basic rate is the aggregate of the amount found by applying sub-paragraph (1) in relation to the first £800 of that income and the following percentage of the remainder—

  • 9% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;

  • 12% where the non-resident parent has two qualifying children;

  • 15% where the non-resident parent has three or more qualifying children.

3

If the non-resident parent also has one or more relevant other children, gross weekly income shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) as reduced by the following percentage—

  • F411% where the non-resident parent has one relevant other child;

  • F414% where the non-resident parent has two relevant other children;

  • F416% where the non-resident parent has three or more relevant other children.