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The Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/1816 · Made 20 July 1992

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FAMILY LAW

CHILD SUPPORT

Made 20th July 1992

Coming into force 5th April 1993

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 52(2) of the Child Support Act 1991M1 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41, 51, 52(4) and 54 of the Child Support Act 1991M2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1991 c.48.

M2

Section 54 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “ prescribed”

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL
  2. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. Part II: ARREARS OF CHILD SUPPORT MAINTENANCE ...
  4. 2Applicability of provisions as to arrears ... and arrears notices Repealed
  5. 3Liability to make payments of interest with respect to arrears Repealed
  6. 4Circumstances in which no liability to pay interest arises Repealed
  7. 5Payment of arrears by agreement Repealed
  8. 6Rate of interest and calculation of interest Repealed
  9. 7Receipt and retention of interest paid Repealed
  10. 8Retention of recovered arrears of child support maintenance by the Secretary of State
  11. Part III: ATTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER A MAINTENANCE CALCULATION
  12. 9Attribution of payments Repealed
  13. 10Adjustment of the amount payable under a maintenance calculation Repealed
  14. 10AReimbursement of a repayment of overpaid child maintenance
  15. 10BRepayment of a reimbursement of a voluntary payment
  16. Part IV: MISCELLANEOUS
  17. 11Notifications following an adjustment under the provisions of regulation 10 Repealed
  18. 12Review of adjustments under regulation 10 or of the calculation of arrears or interest Repealed
  19. 13Procedure and notifications on applications and reviews under regulation 12 Repealed
  20. 14Non-disclosure of information to third parties Repealed
  21. 15Applicability of regulations 1(6) and 53 to 56 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations Repealed
  22. 16Supersession of decisions Repealed
  23. 17Application of regulations 1(6), 10(3) and 53 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations Repealed
  24. Signature
  25. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

(2)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

F1...

“the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;

“arrears” means arrears of child support maintenance;

“arrears of child support maintenance” is to be construed in accordance with section 41(1) and (2) of the Act;

“arrears notice” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 2;

F2“Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000;

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F6“non-resident parent” includes a person treated as such under regulation 8 of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000;

“parent with care” means a person who, in respect of the same child or children, is both a parent and a person with care;

“relevant person” has the same meaning as in the F7Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations.

F8“state pension credit” means the social security benefit of that name payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002.

(3)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a)

to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(b)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;

(c)

in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.

2Applicability of provisions as to arrears ... and arrears noticesF2F1

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3Liability to make payments of interest with respect to arrearsF1

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4Circumstances in which no liability to pay interest arisesF1

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5Payment of arrears by agreementF1

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6Rate of interest and calculation of interestF1

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7Receipt and retention of interest paidF1

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8Retention of recovered arrears of child support maintenance by the Secretary of StateF1

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(i)

the Secretary of State recovers arrears from an F2 non-resident parent under section 41 of the Act ; and

(ii)

income support F3or income-based jobseeker’s allowance is paid to or in respect of the person with care or was paid to or in respect of that person at the date or dates upon which the payment or payments of child support maintenance referred to in paragraph (2) should have been made.

(2)

Where paragraph (1) applies, the Secretary of State may retain such amount of those arrears as is equal to the difference between the amount of income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance that was paid to or in respect of the person with care and the amount of income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance that he is satisfied would have been paid had the F4non-resident parent paid, by the due dates, the amounts due under the child support F5maintenance calculation in force or to be taken to have been in force by virtue of the provisions of section 41(2A) of the Act .

9Attribution of paymentsF1

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10Adjustment of the amount payable under a maintenance calculationF2F1

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10AReimbursement of a repayment of overpaid child maintenanceF1

(1)

The Secretary of State may require a relevant person to repay the whole or a part of any payment by way of reimbursement made to an F2 non-resident parent under section 41B(2) of the Act where the overpayment referred to in section 41B(1) of the Act arose—

(a)

in respect of the amount payable under a maintenance F3calculation calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act and where income supportF4, income-related employment and support allowanceF5, state pension credit F6 or income-based jobseeker’s allowance , F7... was not in payment to that person at any time during the period in which that overpayment occurred or at the date or dates on which the payment by way of reimbursement was made; or

F8(b)

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(2)

In a case falling within section 4 or 7 of the Act , where the circumstances set out in section 41B(6) apply, the Secretary of State may retain out of the child support maintenance collected by him in accordance with section 29 of the Act such sums as cover the amount of any payment by way of reimbursement required by him from the relevant person under section 41B(3) of the Act .

10BRepayment of a reimbursement of a voluntary paymentF1

The Secretary of State may require a relevant person to repay the whole or any part of any payment by way of reimbursement made to a non-resident parent under section 41B(2) of the Act where—

(a)

a voluntary payment was made;

(b)

section 41B(1A) applies; and

income supportF2, income-related employment and support allowanceF3, state pension credit or income-based jobseeker’s allowance was not in payment to that person at any time during the period in which the voluntary payment was made or at the date or dates on which the payment by way of reimbursement was made.

11Notifications following an adjustment under the provisions of regulation 10F1

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12Review of adjustments under regulation 10 or of the calculation of arrears or interestF1

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13Procedure and notifications on applications and reviews under regulation 12F1

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14Non-disclosure of information to third partiesF1

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15Applicability of regulations 1(6) and 53 to 56 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure RegulationsF1

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16Supersession of decisionsF2F1

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17Application of regulations 1(6), 10(3) and 53 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure RegulationsF2F1

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Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Alistair Burt

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision in relation to arrears of child support maintenance payable under the Child Support Act 1991 (“the Act”), interest on such arrears, and the adjustment of maintenance assessments.

Regulation 1 contains interpretation provisions.

Regulations 2, 3 and 4 provide for the service of an arrears notice where arrears of child support maintenance have arisen, and prescribe the circumstances where liability to make payments of interest with respect to arrears arises.

Regulation 5 provides for the payment of arrears by agreement and contains provisions as to interest where such an agreement has been entered into.

Regulation 6 prescribes the rate of interest payable on arrears, and how interest is to be calculated.

Regulation 7 makes provision as to the payment of interest and for the retention of interest by the Secretary of State.

Regulation 8 prescribes circumstances where the Secretary of State may retain recovered arrears of child support maintenance.

Regulation 9 provides for the attribution of payments where there are arrears of child support maintenance.

Regulation 10 provides for the adjustment of amounts payable under a maintenance assessment, and regulation 11 makes provision in respect of notifications following such an adjustment.

Regulation 12 provides for reviews of adjustments under regulation 10 and of the calculation of arrears and of interest payable with respect to arrears. Regulation 13 makes provision as to procedure and notifications on applications and reviews under regulation 12.

Regulations 14 and 15 apply certain provisions of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 to the provisions of these Regulations.