Part 1The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

2Objectives of the Commission

1

The Commission's main objective is to maximise the number of those children who live apart from one or both of their parents for whom effective maintenance arrangements are in place.

2

The Commission's main objective is supported by the following subsidiary objectives—

a

to encourage and support the making and keeping by parents of appropriate voluntary maintenance arrangements for their children;

b

to support the making of applications for child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) and to secure compliance when appropriate with parental obligations under that Act.

3

The Commission shall aim to pursue, and to have regard to, its objectives when exercising a function that is relevant to them.