Effective dates of maintenance calculations—maintenance order and application under section 4 or 7E+W+S
26.—(1) This regulation applies, subject to regulation 28, where—
(a)no maintenance calculation is in force with respect to the person with care or the non-resident parent;
(b)an application for a maintenance calculation is made under section 4 or 7 of the Act; and
(c)there is a maintenance order in force, made on or after the date prescribed for the purposes of section 4(10)(a) of the Act, in relation to the person with care and the non-resident parent and that order has been in force for at least one year prior to the date the application for a maintenance calculation is made.
(2) The effective date of the maintenance calculation shall be two months and two days after the application is made.