# The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, Regulation 4: Payments to be scheduled over reference period


(1) The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of determining the frequency and amount of the payments of child support maintenance required to be made by a liable person—
(a) determine the total amount payable for the reference period on the assumption that the weekly rate of child support maintenance will not change over that period; and
(b) require that amount to be paid by equal instalments over that period at intervals determined by the Secretary of State.
(2) The reference period in relation to the maintenance calculation is, subject to paragraph (3), the period of 52 weeks mentioned in section 29(3A) of the Act beginning with—
(a) the initial effective date (where it is the first such period in relation to the maintenance calculation); or
(b) the review date.
(3) In this regulation “initial effective date” and “review date” have the meanings given by regulations 12 and 19 of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 respectively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1989/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-collection-and-enforcement-regulations-1992/regulation-4
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