Collection and enforcement

I1C141 Arrears of child support maintenance.

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This section applies where—

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the F7Commission is authorised under section 4 F6... or 7 to recover child support maintenance payable by F3a non-resident parent in accordance with a F4maintenance calculation; and

b

the F3non-resident parent has failed to make one or more payments of child support maintenance due from him in accordance with that F5calculation.

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Where the F8Commission recovers any such arrears F9it may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed and to such extent as may be prescribed, retain them if F9it is satisfied that the amount of any benefit paid to or in respect of the person with care of the child or children in question would have been less had the F3non-resident parent made the payment or payments of child support maintenance in question.

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In determining for the purposes of subsection (2) whether the amount of any benefit paid would have been less at any time than the amount which was paid at that time, in a case where the F4maintenance calculation had effect from a date earlier than that on which it was made, the F5calculation shall be taken to have been in force at that time.

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Any sums retained by the F10Commission by virtue of this section shall be paid by F11it into the Consolidated Fund.