4. In regulation 30A(1) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations, after paragraph (7) insert—
“(8) The effective date of a new maintenance assessment, where the circumstances set out in paragraph (9) apply, shall be—
(a)on, or on one of the 6 days immediately following, the effective date as it would have been but for this paragraph; and
(b)on the same day of the week as the day on which the maintenance period in respect of the previous maintenance assessment, as defined in paragraph 9(b), began.
(9) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (8) are where—
(a)a maintenance assessment (“the previous maintenance assessment”) has been in force in relation to the absent parent, whether or not in respect of the same parent with care; and
(b)the previous maintenance assessment is no longer in force when the decision as to the maintenance assessment is made.”.
Regulation 30A was inserted by regulation 33 of S.I. 1995/3261.