{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/10",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For paragraph 2 (basic rate) substitute—\n“2 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the basic rate is the following percentage of the non-resident parent's gross weekly income—\n12% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;\n16% where the non-resident parent has 2 qualifying children;\n19% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more qualifying children.\n(2) If the gross weekly income of the non-resident parent exceeds £800, the basic rate is the aggregate of the amount found by applying sub-paragraph (1) in relation to the first £800 of that income and the following percentage of the remainder—\n9% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;\n12% where the non-resident parent has 2 qualifying children;\n15% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more qualifying children.\n(3) If the non-resident parent also has one or more relevant other children, gross weekly income shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) as reduced by the following percentage—\n12% where the non-resident parent has one relevant other child;\n16% where the non-resident parent has 2 relevant other children;\n19% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more relevant other children.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in operation at 10.12.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/440, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in operation at 29.7.2013 for specified purposes by S.R. 2013/201, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in operation at 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2013/276, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/10/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:22.763734+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}