Regulation 10 Multiple applicationsI1
Northern Ireland
Where two or more applications for a maintenance calculation are made with respect to the same child the Department may determine which to proceed with.
In making a determination under paragraph (1) an earlier application has priority over one made later.
Where in relation to an application under Article 7f1—
both parents of a qualifying child are named as non-resident parents; or
it is made by both non-resident parents of a qualifying child,
the Department must proceed with the application in relation to each non-resident parent, treating it as a single application for a maintenance calculation in respect of that qualifying child.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 10 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1
Footnotes
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Article 7 was amended by Article 12(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and is amended by sections 1(2) and 2 of, and paragraphs 11 and 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Schedule 5 to the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008