1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 2A.Use of electronic communications

    4. 3.Arrears notices

    5. 3A.Notice of consequences of failure to pay child support maintenance due

    6. 4.Attribution of payments

  3. PART 2 Set Off

    1. 5.Set off of liabilities to pay child support maintenance

    2. 6.Set off of payments against child support maintenance liability

    3. 7.Application of set off

  4. PART 3 Overpayments and Voluntary Payments

    1. 8.Application of overpayments

    2. 9.Application of voluntary payments

  5. PART 4 Recovery from Estates

    1. 10.Application and interpretation

    2. 11.Recovery of arrears from a deceased person's estate

    3. 12.Appeals and other proceedings

    4. 13.Disclosure of information

  6. PART4A Part Payment of Arrears in Full and Final Satisfaction

    1. 13A.Interpretation of this Part

    2. 13B.Amounts owed to different persons to be treated separately

    3. 13C.Appropriate consent

    4. 13D.Agreement

    5. 13E.Where payment is received

  7. PART 4B Write Off of Arrears

    1. 13F.Amounts owed to different persons to be treated separately

    2. 13G.Circumstances in which the Secretary of State may exercise the power in section 41E of the 1991 Act

    3. 13H.Secretary of State required to give notice

    4. 13I.Secretary of State to take account of the parties’ views

    5. 13J.Notification of decision to write off

    6. 13K.Conditions of write off

  8. PART 5 Revocations and Savings

    1. 14.Revocations

    2. 15.Savings

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Electronic Communications

      1. PART 1 Use of Electronic Communications

        1. 1.Use of electronic communications

        2. 2.Conditions for the use of electronic communications

        3. 3.Use of intermediaries

      2. PART 2 Evidential provisions

        1. 4.Proof of delivery

        2. 5.Proof of identity

        3. 6.Proof of content

        4. 7.Interpretation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Revocations

  11. Explanatory Note