Part III Forfeitures and Deductions and Enforcement of Maintenance Liabilities

150AF2Enforcement of maintenance assessment by deductions from pay.

1

Subsection (2) applies where any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or airman of the regular air force (“the liable person”) is required to make periodical payments in respect of any child in accordance with a F4maintenance assessmentF4maintenance calculation made under the Child Support Act 1991.

2

The Defence Council or an officer authorised by them may order such sum to be deducted from the pay of the liable person and appropriated in or towards satisfaction of any obligation of his—

a

to make periodical payments in accordance with the F5maintenance assessmentF5maintenance calculation; F10or

b

F10to pay interest (by virtue of regulations made under section 41(3) of the Act of 1991) with respect of arrears of child support maintenance payable in accordance with the assessment,

as they, or the authorised officer, thinks fit.

3

Where F3the Secretary of State—

a

makes F9or cancels a F6maintenance assessmentF6maintenance calculation or a fresh F6maintenance assessmentF6maintenance calculation; and

b

has reason to believe that the person against whom F8the assessmentF8the calculation is, or was, made is an officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or airman of the regular air force,

the Secretary of State shall inform the Defence Council or an officer authorised by them of the terms of F8the assessmentF8the calculationF9or (as the case may be) that it has been cancelled.

4

This section applies whether or not the liable person was a member of the regular air force when the F7maintenance assessmentF7maintenance calculation was made.