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Regulation 4 Amendment of the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

In regulation 6 of the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 (rate of interest and calculation of interest) –

(a)

in paragraph (3) –

(i)

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(b)

the reference banks are the seven largest persons for the time being who –

(i)

have permission under Part IV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000f2 to accept deposits;

(ii)

are incorporated in the United Kingdom and carrying on there a regulated activity of accepting deposits, and

(iii)

quote a base rate in sterling; and”, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c) for “an institution” there shall be substituted “a person referred to in sub-paragraph (b)” and for “its”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “his”;

(b)

in paragraph (4) for “an institution” there shall be substituted “a person” and for “that institution” there shall be substituted “that person”; and

(c)

after paragraph (5)f3 there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(6)

Paragraph (3)(b) must be read with –

(a)

section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b)

any relevant order under that section; and

(c)

Schedule 2 to that Act.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in operation at 21.2.2003, see reg. 1(a)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1992 No. 342; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1993 No. 164; regulation 6 is omitted, with savings, by regulations 2(5) and 5 of S.R. 2001 No. 15

f2

2000 c. 8

f3

Paragraph (5) was added by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 1993 No. 164