The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998

Amendment of regulation 22 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations

53.  After paragraph (2A) of regulation 22 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations (multiple applications relating to an absent parent) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“(2B) Where—

(a) a case is treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act by virtue of paragraph (1);

(b) more than one maintenance assessment is in force in respect of the absent parent; and

(c) any of those assessments is reviewed under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 of the Act and a fresh assessment is to be made,

the formula set out in paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, paragraph (2ZA) shall be applied to calculate or estimate the amount of child support maintenance payable under that fresh assessment.

(2C) Where a maintenance assessment falls within sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2B) but it is not reviewed under any of the provisions set out in sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph, the formula set out in paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, paragraph (2ZA) shall be applied to determine whether that maintenance assessment should be increased or reduced as a result of the making of a fresh assessment under sub-paragraph (c) and any increase or reduction shall take effect from the effective date of that fresh assessment.”.