2012 No. 2678
The Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations 2012
Made
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(4) of, and paragraph 10A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 19911:
A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 52(2)2 of that Act.
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force as set out below.
2
This regulation comes into force on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 20083 comes into force for the first time.
3
Regulation 2 (change to calculation of the basic rate) comes into force in relation to a particular case on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 comes into force in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into force.
4
Regulation 3 (minimum amount of liability where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement) comes into force in relation to a particular case on the day on which paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 comes into force in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into force.
Change to calculation of the basic rate2
In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 24 shall have effect as if, for “12%”, “16%” and “19%” in that sub-paragraph, there were substituted “11%”, “14%” and “16%” respectively.
Minimum amount of liability where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement3
In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5A5 shall have effect as if for “£7” in that sub-paragraph there were substituted “£5”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(This note is not part of the Regulations)