# The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 50: Amendment of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 10 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations (notification of a new or a fresh maintenance assessment)—
(a) in paragraph (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—
“(a) makes a new or fresh maintenance assessment following an application under Article 7 or 9 of the Order, a review under Article 18, 19, 20 or 21 of the Order, or the giving or cancellation of a departure direction;
(b) makes a new interim maintenance assessment under Article 14 of the Order, substitutes an interim maintenance assessment for one which is in force in accordance with regulation 8 or 9, or gives or cancels a departure direction; or”;
(b) in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (h) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
“(i) where the notification under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) follows the giving, or cancellation of a departure direction, the amounts calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order, or in accordance with regulation 8A, which have been changed as a result of the giving or cancellation of that departure direction.”;
(c) after paragraph (2A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2AA) Where a fresh Category D interim maintenance assessment is made following the giving or cancellation of a departure direction, a notification under paragraph (1) shall set out in relation to that interim maintenance assessment the amounts calculated in accordance with regulation 8A which have changed as a result of the giving or cancellation of that departure direction.”;
(d) in paragraph (2B) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—
“(a) the matters listed in paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (d) to (f);
(b) where known, the absent parent’s assessable income; and
(c) where the Category B interim maintenance assessment is made following the giving or cancellation of a departure direction, the amounts calculated in accordance with regulation 8A which have changed as a result of the giving or cancellation of that departure direction.”;
(e) in paragraph (4) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
“(e) where a fresh maintenance assessment is made following the giving of a departure direction, Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Order.”; and
(f) after paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(6) Where a fresh Category D interim maintenance assessment is made following the giving or cancellation of a departure direction, a notification under paragraph (1) shall include information as to Articles 18 and 21(1) of the Order.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/541/regulation/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-50
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