The Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Amendment of regulation 1

2.  In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1997 Act” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments Regulations ” means the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992(1);”;

(b) after the definition of “legally qualified panel member” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

““the Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000(2);

“the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000(3);”;

(c) in the definition of “party to the proceedings” in paragraph (b) the words “as extended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4C to that Act” shall be omitted;

(d) in the definition of “referral” for the words “departure direction ” there shall be substituted the word “variation”;

(e) after the definition of “referral” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “except where otherwise provided “relevant person” means—

  (a)

  a person with care;

  (b)

  a non-resident parent;

  (c)

  a parent who is treated as a non-resident parent under regulation 8 of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations;

  (d)

  a child, where the application for a maintenance calculation is made by that child under section 7 of the Child Support Act,

  in respect of whom a maintenance calculation has been applied for, or has been treated as applied for under section 6(3) of that Act, or is or has been in force;”; and

(f) after the definition of “the Transfer Act”(4) there shall be added the following definition—

““the Variations Regulations” means the Child Support (Variations) Regulations 2000(5).”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/1816. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1045 and S.I. 1999/1501.

(2)

S.I. 2000/    .

(3)

S.I. 2000/    .

(4)

S.I. 1999/1670. This definition was added to the principal Regulations by regulation 2(2).

(5)

S.I. 2000/    .