Regulation 10 Departure directions and interim maintenance assessments

No application may be made where a maintenance assessment in force is a Category A interim maintenance assessment, as defined in paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 8 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations^f1 (categories of interim maintenance assessment) or a Category C interim maintenance assessments, as defined in paragraph (3)(c) of that regulation.

No application may be made in reliance on regulation 18 (costs of supporting certain children) where the maintenance assessment in force at the time of that application is a Category B interim maintenance assessment, as defined in paragraph (3)(b) of regulation 8 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations and that Category B interim maintenance assessment was made because the applicant fell within that paragraph.

No application may be made by an absent parent against whom there is in force a Category D interim maintenance assessment, as defined in paragraph (3)(d) of regulation 8 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations.