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The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.16) Order 2018

S.I. 2018/1261 · Made 28 November 2018

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Family Law

Child Support

Made 5.40 p.m. on 28th November 2018

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008f1, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed Day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.16) Order 2018.

2Appointed Day

Section 27 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (which prevents a non-resident parent from having a United Kingdom passport)f1 comes into force on—

(a)

the day after the day on which this Order is made for the purpose of making regulations; and

(b)

14th December 2018 for all other purposes.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Justin Tomlinson

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

28th November 2018 at 5.40 p.m.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 27 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6) on the day after the day on which this Order is made for the purpose of making regulations and on 14th December 2018 for all other purposes.

Section 27 inserts new sections 39B to 39G into the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48). Sections 39B to 39G allow the Secretary of State to apply to a court to disqualify a non-resident parent with child maintenance arrears for holding or obtaining a United Kingdom passport.