Appointed day for the coming into effect of the new calculation rules2

The following provisions of the 2008 Act come into force, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, on 10th December 2012 for the purposes of those types of cases falling within article 3—

a

section 16 (changes to the calculation of maintenance) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 (introductory), so far as relating to the paragraphs referred to in paragraph (b);

b

paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 to 10 of Schedule 4 (changes to the calculation of maintenance);

c

sections 17 (power to regulate supersession) and 18 (determination of applications for a variation);

d

section 57(1) and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments), so far as relating to the paragraph referred to in paragraph (e);

e

paragraph 1(2) and (29) of Schedule 7;

f

section 58 (repeals), so far as relating to the entries referred to in paragraph (g); and

g

in Schedule 8 (repeals), the entries relating to—

i

Schedule 1 (maintenance calculations) to the 1991 Act; and

ii

Schedule 24 (social security, child support and tax credits) to the Civil Partnership Act 20046.