This paragraph applies where the beneficiary and that person's partner are each liable to pay maintenance at a flat rate in accordance with paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act and either of them has been awarded universal credit (whether as a single claimant or as joint claimants).

Where this paragraph applies, an amount not exceeding an amount equal to the flat rate of maintenance F1and any fee may be deducted from such an award in respect of the total liability of both partners to pay maintenance F2and any fee, in the proportions described in regulation 4(3) of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2001M1 or regulation 44(3) of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 M2 and must be paid in discharge (in whole or in part) of the respective liabilities to pay maintenance F3or retained in discharge of any liability to pay a fee.