Child Support Act 1991

Part II E+W+S General Provisions About Maintenance [F1 Calculations]

Textual Amendments

F1 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.

Effective date of [F1 calculation] E+W+S

11 (1) A [F2 maintenance calculation] shall take effect on such date as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State. E+W+S

(2) That date may be earlier than the date on which the [F1 calculation] is made.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(a), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Form of [F1 calculation] E+W+S

12 E+W+S Every [F2 maintenance calculation] shall be made in such form and contain such information as the [F3 Commission] may direct.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(a), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F3 Word in Sch. 1 para. 12 substituted (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 52(5); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)

Assessments where amount of child support is nil E+W+S

F4 13 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1 para. 13 repealed (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(22)(a), Sch. 9 Pt. I (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 13 (as originally enacted) amended (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 52(5); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)

Consolidated applications and [F1 calculations] E+W+S

[F5 14 E+W+S The Secretary of State may by regulations provide—

(a) for two or more applications for maintenance calculations to be treated, in prescribed circumstances, as a single application; and

(b) for the replacement, in prescribed circumstances, of a maintenance calculation made on the application of one person by a later maintenance calculation made on the application of that or any other person.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 1 para. 14 substituted (1.6.2009) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 7 para. 1(32); S.I. 2009/1314, art. 2(2)(b)(i)

Separate [F1 calculations] for different periods E+W+S

15 E+W+S Where [F6 the [F7 Commission]] is satisfied that the circumstances of a case require different amounts of child support maintenance to be assessed in respect of different periods, [F8 it] may make separate maintenance [F1 calculations] each expressed to have effect in relation to a different specified period.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in Sch. 1 para. 15 substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 48(4); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(v)

F7 Word in Sch. 1 para. 15 substituted (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 52(6)(a); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)

F8 Word in Sch. 1 para. 15 substituted (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 52(6)(b); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)

Termination of [F1 calculations] E+W+S

16 (1) A [F2 maintenance calculation] shall cease to have effect— E+W+S

(a) on the death of the [F9 non-resident parent], or of the person with care, with respect to whom it was made;

(b) on there no longer being any qualifying child with respect to whom it would have effect;

(c) on the [F9 non-resident parent] with respect to whom it was made ceasing to be a parent of—

(i) the qualifying child with respect to whom it was made; or

(ii) where it was made with respect to more than one qualifying child, all of the qualifying children with respect to whom it was made;

F10 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) A person with care with respect to whom a [F2 maintenance calculation] is in force shall provide the [F12 Commission] with such information, in such circumstances, as may be prescribed, with a view to assisting the [F12 Commission] F13 ... in determining whether the [F1 calculation] has ceased to have effect F14 ...

(11) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such supplemental, incidental or transitional provision as he thinks necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of this paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(2)(a), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F9 Words in Act substituted (31.1.2001 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(2) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(1)(b); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F10 Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(d)(e) repealed (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(22)(c)(i), Sch. 9 Pt. I (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F11 Sch. 1 para. 16(2)-(9) repealed (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(22)(c)(ii), Sch. 9 Pt. I (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F12 Word in Sch. 1 para. 16(10) substituted (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 52(7); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)

F13 Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(10) repealed (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 48(5)(d), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(f)(iii)(g)(v)

F14 Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(10) repealed (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(22)(c)(iii), Sch. 9 Pt. I (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 1 para. 16(3) (as originally enacted) repealed (14.7.2008 for specified purposes, 1.6.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 7 para. 1(34)(b); S.I. 2008/1476, art. 2(3)(b)(4)(5); S.I. 2009/1314, art. 2(2)(b)(i)

C3 Sch. 1 para. 16(4A) (as originally enacted) amended (14.7.2008 for specified purposes, 1.6.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 7 para. 1(34)(b); S.I. 2008/1476, art. 2(3)(b)(4)(5); S.I. 2009/1314, art. 2(2)(b)(i)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 16 wholly in force; para. 16 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(2); para. 16(5)(10)(11) in force at 17.6.1992 by S.I. 1992/1431, art. 2, Sch.; para. 16 in force in so far as not already in force at 5.4.1993 by S.I. 1992/2644, art. 2