The Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision in relation to arrears of child support maintenance payable under the Child Support Act 1991 (“the Act”), interest on such arrears, and the adjustment of maintenance assessments.

Regulation 1 contains interpretation provisions.

Regulations 2, 3 and 4 provide for the service of an arrears notice where arrears of child support maintenance have arisen, and prescribe the circumstances where liability to make payments of interest with respect to arrears arises.

Regulation 5 provides for the payment of arrears by agreement and contains provisions as to interest where such an agreement has been entered into.

Regulation 6 prescribes the rate of interest payable on arrears, and how interest is to be calculated.

Regulation 7 makes provision as to the payment of interest and for the retention of interest by the Secretary of State.

Regulation 8 prescribes circumstances where the Secretary of State may retain recovered arrears of child support maintenance.

Regulation 9 provides for the attribution of payments where there are arrears of child support maintenance.

Regulation 10 provides for the adjustment of amounts payable under a maintenance assessment, and regulation 11 makes provision in respect of notifications following such an adjustment.

Regulation 12 provides for reviews of adjustments under regulation 10 and of the calculation of arrears and of interest payable with respect to arrears. Regulation 13 makes provision as to procedure and notifications on applications and reviews under regulation 12.

Regulations 14 and 15 apply certain provisions of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 to the provisions of these Regulations.