Regulation 2 Payment of child support maintenanceC1

(1)

Where a maintenance F1calculation has been made under the Act and the case is one to which section 29 of the Act applies, the Secretary of State may specify that payments of child support maintenance shall be made by the liable person—

(a)

to the person caring for the child or children in question or, where an application has been made under section 7 of the Act, to the child who made the application;

(b)

to, or through, the Secretary of State; or

(c)

to, or through, such other person as the Secretary of State may, from time to time, specify.

(2)

In paragraph (1) and in the rest of this Part, “liable person” means a person liable to make payments of child support maintenance.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 2(1) substituted (3.3.2003, See reg. 1 of S.I. for when to apply for different circumstances) by S.I. 2001/162, reg. 1(3), 2(3)(a) (with reg. 6)

Modifications

C1: Reg. 2 modified (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 2(3) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)