Regulation 21 One parent is absent and the other is treated as absent

(1)

Where the circumstances of a case are that one parent is an absent parent and the other parent is treated as an absent parent by regulation 20(2), that case shall be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act.

(2)

For the purpose of assessing the child support maintenance payable by an absent parent where this case applies, each reference in Schedule 1 to the Act to a parent who is a person with care shall be treated as a reference to a person who is treated as an absent parent by regulation 20(2).

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), reg. 10(b)
F2: regulations revoked (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2001/155), reg. 15(1) (with reg. 15(2)-(4))