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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 in Northern Ireland

2008 c. 6 · Enacted 5 June 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 10 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 20 September 2023.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
Sch. 7 para. 1(15)-(18)repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
Sch. 3 para. 42repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
Sch. 7 para. 2(2)repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
s. 59(5)words repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
s. 30repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
s. 59(5)word insertedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 5 para. 10
s. 59(6)word insertedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 5 para. 10
s. 59(6)words repealedWelfare Reform Act 2009 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
Sch. 7 para. 2(2)repealedWelfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 1
s. 45(2)repealedWelfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 14 Pt. 1

An Act to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes.

[5th June 2008]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Contents

  1. Part 3: Child support etc.
  2. 15Repeal of sections 6 and 46
  3. 16Changes to the calculation of maintenance
  4. 19Transfer of cases to new rules
  5. 20Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment
  6. 21Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person's earnings Not yet in force
  7. 22Orders for regular deductions from accounts
  8. 23Lump sum deduction orders
  9. 24Orders preventing avoidance
  10. 26Enforcement in county courts Not yet in force
  11. 31Power to treat liability as satisfied
  12. Miscellaneous
  13. 44Use of information Repealed
  14. Mesothelioma lump sum payments
  15. 46Lump sum payments
  16. 48Determination of claims
  17. 52Minors and people who lack capacity
  18. Recovery of mesothelioma and other lump sum payments
  19. 54Amendment of Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997
  20. Part 5: General
  21. 55Regulations and orders: general
  22. 57Minor and consequential amendments
  23. 61Extent
  24. 62Commencement
  25. 63Citation
  26. Part 1: Consequential amendments
  27. Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
  28. 1Paragraph 1
  29. 2Paragraph 2
  30. 3Paragraph 3
  31. 4Paragraph 4
  32. 5Paragraph 5
  33. 6Paragraph 6
  34. 7Paragraph 7
  35. 8Paragraph 8
  36. 9Paragraph 9
  37. 10Paragraph 10
  38. 11Paragraph 11
  39. 12Paragraph 12
  40. 13Paragraph 13
  41. 14Paragraph 14
  42. 15Paragraph 15
  43. 18Paragraph 18
  44. 19Paragraph 19
  45. 20Paragraph 20
  46. 21Paragraph 21
  47. 22Paragraph 22
  48. 23Paragraph 23
  49. 24Paragraph 24
  50. 25Paragraph 25
  51. 26Paragraph 26
  52. 27Paragraph 27
  53. 28Paragraph 28
  54. 29Paragraph 29
  55. 30Paragraph 30
  56. 31Paragraph 31
  57. 32Paragraph 32
  58. 33Paragraph 33
  59. 34Paragraph 34
  60. 35Paragraph 35
  61. 36Paragraph 36
  62. 37Paragraph 37
  63. 38Paragraph 38
  64. 39Paragraph 39
  65. 41Paragraph 41
  66. 43Paragraph 43
  67. 44Paragraph 44
  68. 45Paragraph 45
  69. 46Paragraph 46
  70. 47Paragraph 47
  71. 48Paragraph 48
  72. 49Paragraph 49
  73. 50Paragraph 50
  74. 51Paragraph 51
  75. 52Paragraph 52
  76. 53Paragraph 53
  77. Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
  78. Part 2: Transitional provision and savings
  79. Introductory
  80. 1Paragraph 1
  81. Calculation by reference to gross weekly income
  82. 2Paragraph 2
  83. Change to basic rate
  84. 3Paragraph 3
  85. Increase in flat rate and minimum amounts of liability
  86. 4Paragraph 4
  87. Applicable rate where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement
  88. 5Paragraph 5
  89. Shared care
  90. 6Paragraph 6
  91. 7Paragraph 7
  92. Weekly income
  93. 10Paragraph 10
  94. Power to require a decision about whether to stay in the statutory scheme
  95. 4Paragraph 4
  96. Effect on accrual of liability of exercise of power under paragraph 1
  97. 5Paragraph 5
  98. Additional powers
  99. Interpretation
  100. 7Paragraph 7
  101. Schedule 6
  102. Powers in relation to use of information
  103. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  104. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  105. Interpretation
  106. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  107. Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
  108. Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
  109. Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
  110. Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
  111. 4Paragraph 4
  112. Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17) Not yet in force
  113. 5Paragraph 5 Not yet in force
  114. Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) Not yet in force
  115. 6Paragraph 6 Not yet in force