The Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 2645

FAMILY LAW

CHILD SUPPORT

The Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations 1992

Made

26th October 1992

Laid before Parliament

29th October 1992

Coming into force

5th April 1993

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8(11), 10(1), (2) and (4), 44(3), 51, 52(4) and 54 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 1991M1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M1 1991 c.48. Section 54 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

Citation, commencement and interpretation E+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;

[F1 [F2 “Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992;]]

[F3 [F1 “ Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations ” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000;]]

[F4 “Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 ]M2 ;

[F3 [F4 "Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations ” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000;]]

“effective date” means the date on which a maintenance [F5 calculation] takes effect for the purposes of the Act;

“maintenance order” has the meaning given in section 8(11) of the Act.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a) to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(b) in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;

(c) in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 3(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F2 Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (18.4.1995) by Child Support and Income Support (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1045), regs. 1(2), 25

F3 Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (10.12.2012 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4)) by virtue of The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 5(2)

F4 Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 3(1)(a) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F5 Word in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 1992/1815.

Prescription of enactment for the purposes of section 8(11) of the Act E+W+S

[F6 2.   The following enactments are prescribed for the purposes of section 8(11)(f) of the Act—

(a) the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861;

(b) the Court of Session Act 1868;

(c) the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907;

(d) the Guardianship of Infants Act 1925;

(e) the Illegitimate Children (Scotland) Act 1930;

(f) the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1932;

(g) the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937;

(h) the Custody of Children (Scotland) Act 1939;

(i) the National Assistance Act 1948;

(j) the Affiliation Orders Act 1952;

(k) the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 M3 ;

(l) the Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958;

(m) the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971;

(n) the Guardianship Act 1973;

(o) the Children Act 1975;

(p) the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976;

(q) the Social Security Act 1986;

(r) the Social Security Administration Act 1992.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Reg. 2 substituted (18.4.1995) by Child Support and Income Support (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1045), reg. 1(2), 26

Marginal Citations

M3 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c.55.

Relationship between maintenance [F7 calculations] and certain court orders E+W+S

3.— [F8 (1) Orders made under the following enactments are of a kind prescribed for the purposes of section 10(1) of the Act—

(a) the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861;

(b) the Court of Session Act 1868;

(c) the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907;

(d) the Guardianship of Infants Act 1925;

(e) the Illegitimate Children (Scotland) Act 1930;

(f) the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1932;

(g) the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937;

(h) the Custody of Children (Scotland) Act 1939;

(i) the National Assistance Act 1948;

(j) the Affiliation Orders Act 1952;

(k) the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957;

(l) the Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958;

(m) the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971;

(n) the Guardianship Act 1973;

(o) Part II of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 M4 ;

(p) the Children Act 1975;

(q) the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976;

(r) the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 M5 ;

(s) Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 M6 ;

(t) the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 M7 ;

(u) the Social Security Act 1986;

(v) Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 M8 ;

(w) the Social Security Administration Act 1992.]

[F9 (x) Schedule 5, 6 or 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.]

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where a maintenance [F10 calculation] is made with respect to—

(a) all of the children with respect to whom an order falling within paragraph (1) is in force; or

(b) one or more but not all of the children with respect to whom an order falling within paragraph (1) is in force and where the amount payable under the order to or for the benefit of each child is separately specified,

that order shall, so far as it relates to the making or securing of periodical payments to or for the benefit of the children with respect to whom the maintenance [F11 calculation] has been made, cease to have effect [F12 on the effective date of the maintenance calculation.].

(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) shall not apply where a maintenance order has been made in accordance with section 8(7) or (8) of the Act.

(4) In Scotland, where—

(a) an order has ceased to have effect by virtue of the provisions of paragraph (2) to the extent specified in that paragraph; and

(b) [F13 the Secretary of State] no longer has jurisdiction to make a maintenance [F14 calculation] with respect to a child with respect to whom the order ceased to have effect,

that order shall, so far as it relates to that child, again have effect from the date [F15 the Secretary of State] no longer has jurisdiction to make a maintenance [F16 calculation] with respect to that child.

(5) [F17 [F18 Subject to regulation 33(7) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations , ] where a maintenance assessment is made with respect to children with respect to whom an order falling within paragraph (1) is in force, the effective date of that assessment shall be two days after the assessment is made. ]

(6) [F19 Where the provisions of paragraph (2) apply to an order, that part of the order to which those provisions apply shall cease to have effect from the effective date of the maintenance assessment.]

(7) [F20 [F21 Where at the time an interim maintenance assessment was made there was in force with respect to children in respect of whom that interim maintenance assessment was made an order falling within paragraph (1), the effective date of a maintenance assessment subsequently made in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act in respect of those children shall be the effective date of that interim maintenance assessment as determined under paragraph (5).]]

(8) [F22 [F23 [F24 Subject to regulation 33(7) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations , ] where—

(a) a maintenance assessment is made in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act in respect of children with respect to whom an order falling within paragraph (1) was in force; and

(b) that order ceases to have effect on or after 18th April 1995, for reasons other than the making of an interim maintenance assessment, but prior to the date on which the maintenance assessment is made and after—

(i) the date on which a maintenance enquiry form referred to in regulation 5(2) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations was given or sent to the [F25 non-resident parent], where the application for a maintenance assessment was made by a person with care or a child under section 7 of the Act; or

(ii) the date on which a maintenance application which complies with the provisions of regulation 2 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations was received by the Secretary of State from an [F26 non-resident parent],

the effective date of that maintenance assessment shall be the day following that on which the court order ceased to have effect.]]

Textual Amendments

F7 Word in reg. 3 heading substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F8 Reg. 3(1) substituted (18.4.1995) by Child Support and Income Support (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1045), regs. 1(2), 27(2)

F9 Reg. 3(1)(x) added (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2877), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 4 (with art. 3)

F10 Word in reg. 3(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F11 Word in reg. 3(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F12 Words in reg. 3(2) added (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 8(1)(a) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F13 Words in reg. 3(4) inserted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(1)

F14 Word in reg. 3(4)(b) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F15 Words in reg. 3(4) inserted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(1)

F16 Word in reg. 3(4) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F17 Reg. 3(5) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 8(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F18 Words in reg. 3(5) inserted (22.1.1996) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3261), regs. 1(2), 13

F19 Reg. 3(6) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 8(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F20 Reg. 3(7) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 8(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F21 Reg. 3(7) added (16.2.1995) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/123), regs. 1(1), 3

F22 Reg. 3(8) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 8(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F23 Reg. 3(8) added (18.4.1995) by Child Support and Income Support (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1045), regs. 1(2), 27(3)

F24 Words in reg. 3(8) inserted (22.1.1996) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3261), regs. 1(2), 13

F25 Words in reg. 3(8)(b)(i) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F26 Words in reg. 3(8)(b)(ii) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M4 1973 c.18.

M5 1978 c.22.

M6 1984 c.42.

M7 1985 c.37.

M8 1989 c.41.

Relationship between maintenance [F27 calculations] and certain agreements E+W+S

4.—(1) Maintenance agreements within the meaning of section 9(1) of the Act are agreements of a kind prescribed for the purposes of section 10(2) of the Act.

(2) Where a maintenance [F28 calculation] is made with respect to—

(a) all of the children with respect to whom an agreement falling within paragraph (1) is in force; or

(b) one or more but not all of the children with respect to whom an agreement falling within paragraph (1) is in force and where the amount payable under the agreement to or for the benefit of each child is separately specified,

that agreement shall, so far as it relates to the making or securing of periodical payments to or for the benefit of the children with respect to whom the maintenance [F29 calculation] has been made, become unenforceable from the effective date of the [F30 calculation].

(3) Where an agreement becomes unenforceable under the provisions of paragraph (2) to the extent specified in that paragraph, it shall remain unenforceable in relation to a particular child until such date as [F31 the Secretary of State] no longer has jurisdiction to make a maintenance [F32 calculation] with respect to that child.

Textual Amendments

F27 Word in reg. 4 heading substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F28 Word in reg. 4(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F29 Word in reg. 4(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F30 Word in reg. 4(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F31 Words in reg. 4(3) substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(1)

F32 Word in reg. 4(3) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Notifications by [F33 the Secretary of State] E+W+S

5.—(1) Where [F34 the Secretary of State] is aware that an order of a kind prescribed in paragraph (2) is in force and considers that the making of a maintenance [F35 calculation] has affected, or is likely to affect, that order, he shall notify the persons prescribed in paragraph (3) in respect of whom that maintenance [F36 calculation] is in force, and the persons prescribed in paragraph (4) holding office in the court where the order in question was made or subsequently registered, of the [F37 calculation] and its effective date.

(2) The prescribed orders are those made under an enactment mentioned in regulation 3(1).

(3) The prescribed persons in respect of whom the maintenance [F38 calculation] is in force are—

(a) a person with care;

(b) an [F39 non-resident parent];

(c) a person who is treated as an [F40 non-resident parent] under [F41 regulation 50 of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012];

(d) a child who has made an application for a maintenance [F42 calculation] under section 7 of the Act.

(4) The prescribed person holding office in the court where the order in question was made or subsequently registered is—

(a) in England and Wales—

(i) in relation to the High Court, the senior district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division or, where proceedings were instituted in a district registry, the district judge;

[F43 (ii) in relation to the family court, a court officer;]

(b) in Scotland—

(i) in relation to the Court of Session, the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session;

(ii) in relation to a sheriff court, the sheriff clerk.

Textual Amendments

F33 Words in reg. 5 heading substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(1)

F34 Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(1)

F35 Word in reg. 5(1) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F36 Word in reg. 5(1) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F37 Word in reg. 5(1) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F38 Word in reg. 5(3) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F39 Words in reg. 5(3)(b) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F40 Words in reg. 5(3)(c) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F41 Words in reg. 5(3)(c) substituted (10.12.2012 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4)) by The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 5(3)

F42 Word in reg. 5(3)(d) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F43 Reg. 5(4)(a)(ii) substituted for reg. 5(4)(a)(ii) (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) (No.2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/879), arts. 1(1), 27

Notification by the court E+W+S

6.—(1) Where a court is aware that a maintenance [F44 calculation] is in force and makes an order mentioned in regulation 3(1) which it considers has affected, or is likely to affect, that [F45 calculation], the person prescribed in paragraph (2) shall notify the Secretary of State to that effect.

(2) The prescribed person is the person holding the office specified below in the court where the order in question was made or subsequently registered—

(a) in England and Wales—

(i) in relation to the High Court, the senior district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division or, where proceedings were instituted in a district registry, the district judge;

[F46 (ii) in relation to the family court, a court officer;]

(b) in Scotland—

(i) in relation to the Court of Session, the Deputy Principal Clerk of Session;

(ii) in relation to a sheriff court, the sheriff clerk.

Textual Amendments

F44 Word in reg. 6(1) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F45 Word in reg. 6(1) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F46 Reg. 6(2)(a)(ii) substituted for reg. 6(2)(a)(ii) (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) (No.2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/879), arts. 1(1), 27

Cancellation of a maintenance assessment on grounds of lack of jurisdiction E+W+S

F47 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F47 Reg. 7 omitted (4.12.2009) by virtue of Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2909), regs. 1(3), 2

[F48 Prescription for the purposes of jurisdiction E+W+S

7A.— (1)  The companies prescribed for the purposes of section 44(2A)(c) of the Act (non-resident parents not habitually resident in the United Kingdom but employed by prescribed companies) are companies which employ employees to work outside the United Kingdom but make calculations and payment arrangements in relation to the earnings of those employees in the United Kingdom so that a deduction from earnings order may be made under section 31 of the Act in respect of the earnings of any such employee who is a liable person for the purposes of that section.

(2)  The following bodies are prescribed for the purposes of section 44(2A)(d) of the Act (non-resident parents not habitually resident in the United Kingdom but employed by a prescribed body)—

(a) a National Health Service Trust established by order made under section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act ”) or under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act ”);

[F49 (aa) an NHS foundation trust within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003;]

[F50 (ab) [F51 an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006];

(ac) the National Health Service Commissioning Board;

(ad) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;

F52 (ae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

F53 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) a Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the 1977 Act ”);

(d) a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the 1977 Act ;

F54 (da) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) a local authority, and for this purpose “local authority” means, in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and, in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council and, in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994;

(f) a Health and Social Service Trust established by order made under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

(g) a Health and Social Services Board established by order made under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (“the 1972 Order ”);

(h) the Central Services Agency established by order made under Article 26 of the 1972 Order ;

(i) a Special Agency established by order made under Article 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990;

(j) a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act ; and

(k) a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the 1978 Act.

[F55 (l) Healthcare Improvement Scotland constituted under section 10A of the 1978  Act.]]

Textual Amendments

F48 Reg. 7A inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of S.I. 2001/161) by (Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(b), 8(3) (with reg. 10); (s. 22(3) in force for specified purposes at 10.11.2000 by S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I; s. 22(3) in force for certain purposes at 31.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(1)(a))

F49 Reg. 7A(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), art. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 13

F50 Regs. 7A(2)(ab)-(ae) inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(a)

F51 Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))

F52 Reg. 7A(2)(ae) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 24 (with reg. 3)

F53 Reg. 7A(2)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(b)

F54 Reg. 7A(2)(da) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 21(c)

F55 Reg. 7A(2)(l) inserted (28.10.2011) by The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications of Enactments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2581), art. 1(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 19

Maintenance [F56 calculations] and maintenance orders made in error E+W+S

8.—(1) Where—

(a) at the time that a maintenance [F57 calculation] with respect to a qualifying child was made a maintenance order was in force with respect to that child;

[F58 (aa) the maintenance order has ceased to have effect by virtue of the provisions of regulation 3;]

(b) the [F59 non-resident parent] has made payments of child support maintenance due under that [F60 calculation]; and

(c) [F61 [F62 the Secretary of State] cancels that assessment on the grounds that it was made in error,]

[F61 the Secretary of State revises the decision as to the maintenance calculation under section 16 of the Act and decides that no child support maintenance was payable on the ground that the previous decision was made in error, ]

the payments of child support maintenance shall be treated as payments under the maintenance order and that order shall be treated as having continued in force.

(2) Where—

(a) at the time that a maintenance order with respect to a qualifying child was made a maintenance [F63 calculation] was in force with respect to that child;

[F64 (aa) the maintenance [F65 calculation] [F66 is cancelled or] ceases to have effect;]

(b) the [F67 non-resident parent] has made payments of maintenance due under that order; and

(c) the maintenance order is revoked by the court on the grounds that it was made in error,

the payments under the maintenance order shall be treated as payments of child support maintenance and the maintenance [F68 calculation] shall be treated [F69 as not having been cancelled [F70 or, as the case may be, ]as not having ceased to have effect].

Textual Amendments

F56 Word in reg. 8 heading substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F57 Word in reg. 8(1)(a) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F58 Reg. 8(1)(aa) inserted (5.4.1993) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/913), regs. 1(1), 46(a)

F59 Words in reg. 8(1)(b) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F60 Word in reg. 8(1)(b) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F61 Reg. 8(1)(c) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 9(a) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch

F62 Words in reg. 8(1)(c) substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1510), arts. 3(1), 31(3)

F63 Word in reg. 8(2)(a) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F64 Reg. 8(2)(aa) inserted (5.4.1993) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/913), regs. 1(1), 46(b)(i)

F65 Word in reg. 8(2)(aa) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F66 Words in reg. 8(2)(aa) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 9(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F67 Words in reg. 8(2)(b) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(1) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F68 Word in reg. 8(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F69 Words in reg. 8(2)(aa) omitted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 9(c) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F70 Words in reg. 8(2) inserted (5.4.1993) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/913), regs. 1(1), 46(b)(ii)

[F71 Maintenance calculations and maintenance orders – payments E+W+S

8A.   Where—

(a) a maintenance calculation has been made with respect to a qualifying child in response to an application made under section 4 or 7 of the Act;

(b) at the time that maintenance calculation was made a maintenance order was in force with respect to that child;

(c) the maintenance order has ceased to have effect by virtue of the provisions of regulation 3; and

(d) the non-resident parent has made payments of maintenance due under that order after the date on which the maintenance calculation took effect F72 ...,

the payments made under the maintenance order shall be treated as payments of child support maintenance.]

Textual Amendments

F71 Reg. 8A inserted (16.3.2005 for specified purposes) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/785), regs. 1(2)(b), 2

F72 Words in reg. 8A(d) omitted (10.12.2012 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4)) by virtue of The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 5(4)

[F73 Cases in which application may be made under section 4 or 7 of the Act E+W+S

9.   The provisions of section 4(10) or 7(10) of the Act shall not apply to prevent an application being made under those sections after 22nd January 1996 where a decision has been made by the relevant court either that it has no power to vary or that it has no power to enforce a maintenance order in a particular case. ]

Textual Amendments

F73 Reg. 9 added (22.1.1996) by Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3261), regs. 1(2), 14

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Alistair Burt

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision as to the effect that making a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991 (“the Act”) has on a maintenance order or a maintenance agreement, the cancellation of a maintenance assessment where a child support officer no longer has jurisdiction to make an assessment under the provisions of section 44 of the Act (which imposes conditions as to habitual residence in the United Kingdom), and related matters.

Regulation 1 contains interpretation provisions.

Regulation 2 prescribes the repealed Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 for the purposes of section 8(11) of the Act (definition of “maintenance order”) to cover orders which continue to have effect under the 1957 Act.

Regulations 3 and 4 provide for some prescribed orders and agreements ceasing to have effect where a maintenance assessment is made.

Regulation 5 provides, in certain cases where a maintenance assessment has been made, for a child support officer to notify the court. Regulation 6 provides, in certain cases where a maintenance order has been made, for the court to notify the Secretary of State.

Regulation 7 provides for the cancellation of a maintenance assessment where a child support officer no longer has jurisdiction to make an assessment by virtue of the provisions of section 44 of the Act.

Regulation 8 provides for treating payments of child support maintenance as payments under a maintenance order, and vice versa, where an error has been made.