Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “an authority” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Children Order;

• “capped amount” means the figure specified in paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 (or in that sub-paragraph as modified by regulations under paragraph 10A of that Schedule^f1);

• “the Child Support Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• “the Children Order” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2;

• “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f3;

• F1“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as that Order has effect apart from those provisions;

• F2“contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 12, to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as that Part has effect apart from those provisions,

• “couple” has the meaning given by paragraph 10C(5) of Schedule 1;

• “current income” has the meaning given in regulation 36;

• “the Earnings and Pensions Act” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003^f4;

• F3“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001;

• “the flat rate” means the flat rate of child support maintenance payable under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1;

• “gross weekly income” means income calculated under Chapter 1 of Part 4;

• “historic income” has the meaning given in regulation 34;

• “HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• “the HMRC figure” has the meaning given in regulation 35;

• “income support” means support to which a person is entitled under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f5;

• “initial effective date” has the meaning given in regulation 12;

• “net pay arrangements” means arrangements for relief in respect of pension contributions under section 193 of the Finance Act 2004^f6;

• “the nil rate” means the nil rate of child support maintenance payable under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1;

• “partner” has the meaning given by paragraph 10C(4) of Schedule 1;

• “party”, in relation to a maintenance calculation in force or an application for a maintenance calculation, means the non-resident parent and the person with care;

• “the PAYE Regulations” means the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003^f7;

• “qualifying lender” has the meaning given to it in section 376(4) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988^f8;

• “the reduced rate” means the reduced rate of child support maintenance payable under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1;

• “relevant training scheme” means—

  1. (a)

     arrangements under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950^f9;

  2. (b)

     arrangements made by the Secretary of State for Defence for persons enlisted in Her Majesty’s forces for any special term of service specified in regulations made under section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966^f10,

  for purposes which include the training of persons who, at the beginning of their training, are under the age of 18;

• “relievable pension contributions” has the meaning given by section 188(2) of the Finance Act 2004;

• “review date” has the meaning given in regulation 19;

• “self assessment return” means a return which an individual is required to make and deliver under section 8 of the Taxes Management Act 1970^f11;

• “state pension credit” means the benefit payable in accordance with section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f12;

• “supersession decision” means a decision made under Article 19^f13 superseding a decision mentioned in paragraph (1) of that Article;

• “tax year” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Income Tax Act 2007^f14;

• “the Trading and Other Income Act” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005^f15;

• “UK social security pension” means a pension to which section 577 of the Earnings and Pensions Act applies^f16;

• “work-based training for young people” means arrangements made by the Secretary of State for Defence for persons enlisted in Her Majesty’s forces for any special term of service specified in regulations made under section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966^f17 for purposes which include the training of persons who, at the beginning of their training, are under the age of 18.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or Schedule to, the Child Support Order.