The Child Support Fees Regulations 1992

Fees

4.—(1) The first assessment fee shall become payable on the date a maintenance assessment is made following an application under section 4, 6 or 7 of the Act and an assessment fee shall thereafter become payable on each anniversary of that date.

(2) The first collection fee shall become payable on the date the Secretary of State arranges for the collection of child support maintenance and a collection fee shall thereafter become payable on the date the assessment fee becomes payable.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6)—

(a) the assessment fee shall be £44.00;

(b) the collection fee shall be £34.00.

(4) Where the first collection fee becomes payable on a date (“the first collection date”) later than the date the first assessment fee becomes payable or an anniversary of thatdate, the amount of that fee shall be an amount equal to the collection fee specified in paragraph (3) above, multiplied by the number of complete weeks between the first collection date and the date the assessment fee next becomes payable, and divided by 52.

(5) The provisions of this regulation in relation to collection fees shall apply where there has been an earlier period, which has terminated, during which collection fees were payable and the Secretary of State again arranges for the collection of child support maintenance, and references to “the first collection fee” shall be construed accordingly.

(6) No additional assessment fees or collection fees shall be payable by a person with respect to whom more than one maintenance assessment is in force.

(7) Where a liability to pay assessment fees or collection fees under these Regulations arises, the fees shall become due on the fourteenth day after the date the fee invoice is given or sent by the Secretary of State.

(8) If a fee invoice is sent by post to a person’s last known or notified address, it shall, for the purposes of paragraph (7), be treated as having been given or sent on the second day after the day of posting, excluding any Sunday or any day which is a bank holiday in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1).

(1)

1971 c. 80.