(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make further amendments to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987.

Regulation 2 provides that where the amount of maternity allowance payable includes any fraction of a penny it shall be rounded up to the next whole penny.

Regulation 3 provides that deductions from benefit may be made in respect of arrears of child support maintenance calculated under the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) or assessed under that Act prior to its amendment by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), or both such arrears, including arrears of maintenance payable at a transitional rate under the latter Act.

These Regulations do not impose any cost on business.