# The Child Support Fees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 8A: Interpretation of this Part


For the purposes of this Part—
“the Ending Liability Regulations” means the Child Support (Ending Liability in Existing Cases and Transition to New Calculation Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014;
“absent parent” has the meaning given in Article 4(2) (meaning of certain terms) of the Child Support Order;
“child support maintenance” means child support maintenance calculated under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order as amended by Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act;
“existing case” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 (maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules) to the 2008 Act;
“liability end date” has the meaning given in regulation 6 (liability end date) of the Ending Liability Regulations;
“relevant period” in relation to a case means a period—
(a)beginning on the date on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act comes into force in relation to that case; and
(b)ending on the day which the Department makes a determination that the payment arrangement is to end.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/182/regulation/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-8A
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