PART II CALCULATION OR ESTIMATION OF CHILD SUPPORT MAINTENANCE

The minimum amount13.

(1)

Subject to regulation 26, for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1to the Act the minimum amount shall be F12 multiplied by 5 per centum of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of the relevant Schedule (income support personal allowance for single claimant aged not less than 25).

(2)

Where F2the 5 per centum amount calculated under paragraph (1) results in a sum other than a multiple of 5 pence, it shall be treated as the sum which is the next higher multiple of 5 pence.