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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;

F1F2“Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992;

F3 “ Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations ” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000;

F4“Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 M1;

"Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations ” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000;

“effective date” means the date on which a maintenance F5calculation takes effect for the purposes of the Act;

“maintenance order” has the meaning given in section 8(11) of the Act.

(3)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a)

to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(b)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;

(c)

in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 3(1)(b) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F2

Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (18.4.1995) by Child Support and Income Support (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1045), regs. 1(2), 25

F3

Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (10.12.2012 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4)) by virtue of The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 5(2)

F4

Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 3(1)(a) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

F5

Word in reg. 1(2) substituted (coming into force and with effect for specified purposes on various dates in accordance with reg. 1(3)(d) of the amending S.I. and s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 11(19)(20) of 2000 c. 19) by Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure and Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (S.I. 2001/161), regs. 1(3)(d), 2(2) (with reg. 10); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 1992/1815.