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Textual Amendments
F1Instrument Regulations revoked (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), reg. 10(d)
45.—(1) For the purposes of section 28C(2)(b) of the Act (regular payments condition—reduced payments), reduced payments shall, subject to paragraph (3), be such payments as would be equal to the payments of child support maintenance fixed by the fresh maintenance assessment that would be made if the circumstances of the case were those set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the case is one which falls within paragraph 2 of Schedule 4B to the Act (special expenses);
(b)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the expenses claimed by the absent parent are both being incurred and, for a case falling within regulation 13 (costs incurred in travelling to work), 14 (contact costs) or 15 (illness or disability), are neither unreasonably high nor being unreasonably incurred, and that it is just and equitable to give a departure direction in respect of the whole of those expenses; and
(c)a departure direction is given in response to the application.
(3) Where the Secretary of State considers it likely that the expenses incurred by the absent parent are lower than those claimed by him or are not reasonably incurred, he may fix such amount as he considers to be reasonable in all the circumstances of the case.
(4) Where the absent parent, following written notice under section 28C(8) of the Act, fails within 28 days of that notice to comply with the regular payments condition that was imposed on him, the application shall lapse.
46.—(1) A case shall be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are satisfied.
(2) The conditions are—
(a)liability to pay child support maintenance commenced earlier than the effective date of the maintenance assessment in force (“the current assessment");
(b)an application is made F2... in relation to the current assessment which results in a departure direction being given in respect of that assessment [F3or, where regulation 11A (meaning of “current assessment” for the purposes of the Act) applies, in respect of the fresh maintenance assessment referred to in that regulation];
(c)the applicant was unable to make an application on a date falling within a period in respect of which an earlier assessment had effect because he had not been notified of that earlier assessment during that period; and
(d)if the applicant had been able to make such an application and had done so, the Secretary of State is satisfied that a departure direction would have been given in response to that application.
(3) Where a case falls within paragraph (2), references to “the current assessment" and “the current amount" in these Regulations shall be construed as including references to an earlier assessment falling within paragraph (2)(c) and to the amount of child support maintenance fixed by it, and these Regulations shall be applied to such an earlier assessment accordingly.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in reg. 46(2)(b) omitted (27.10.2008) by virtue of The Child Support (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2543), regs. 1, 3
F3Words in reg. 46(2)(b) added (19.1.1998) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/58), regs. 1(2), 28 (with reg. 59)
46A.—(1) A case where the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) [F5and (b)] of regulation 11A (meaning of “current assessment” for the purposes of the Act) are satisfied shall be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act.
(2) Where a case falls within paragraph (1), references to “the current assessment” and “the current amount” in these Regulations shall, subject to paragraph (3), be construed as including reference to the fresh maintenance assessment referred to in regulation 11A.
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to references to “the current assessment” in regulation 32, with the exception of the reference in paragraph (1)(a) of that regulation, and in regulations 46, 49 and 50.]]
Textual Amendments
F4Reg. 46A inserted (19.1.1998) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/58), regs. 1(2), 29 (with reg. 59)
F5Words in reg. 46A(1) substituted (1.6.1999) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1047), regs. 1(1), 51
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