Regulation 52 Amendment of Regulation 25 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations

Regulation 25 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations (care provided in part by a local authority) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In paragraph (2), for the words “In a case where this regulation applies” there shall be substituted the words “ Subject to paragraph (3), in a case where this regulation applies ”.

After paragraph (2), there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3)

In a case where more than one qualifying child is included in a child support maintenance assessment application and ad where this regulation applies to at least one of those children, child support maintenance shall be a calculated by applying the formula—

$$S\times \left(\frac{A}{7\times \mathrm{B}}\right)$$

where–

S is the total amount of child support maintenance in respect of all qualifying children included in that maintenance assessment application, calculated as if this regulation did not apply;

A is the aggregate of the number of nights of day to day care for all qualifying children included in that maintenance assessment application provided in each week by a person other than the local authority;

B is the number of qualifying children in respect of whom the maintenance assessment application has been made.”.