# Child Support Enforcement Act (Northern Ireland) 2025, Paragraph 1

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In Article 32M of the 1991 Order (liability orders) (as inserted by section 17 of the 2008 Act), for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where it appears to the Department that—
(a) a person has failed to pay an amount of child support maintenance, and
(b) either—
(i) it is inappropriate to make a deduction from earnings order against the person (because, for example, the person is not employed), or
(ii) although a deduction from earnings order has been made against the person, it has proved ineffective as a means of securing that payments are made in accordance with the maintenance calculation in question,
the Department may make an order against the person in respect of that amount.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2025/3/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-enforcement-act-northern-ireland-2025/schedule/paragraph-1
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