# The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 43: Flat rate

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following benefits, pensions and allowances are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 1—
(a) under the Contributions and Benefits Act—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) category A retirement pension,
(iii) category B retirement pension,
(iv) category C and category D retirement pension,
(v) incapacity benefit,
(vi) carer’s allowance,
(vii) maternity allowance,
(viii) severe disablement allowance,
(ix) industrial injuries benefit,
(x) widowed mother’s allowance,
(xi) widowed parent’s allowance, and
(xii) widow’s pension;
(b) contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
(c) a social security benefit paid by a country other than the United Kingdom;
(d) a training allowance (other than in respect of a relevant training scheme);
(e) a war disablement pension within the meaning of section 146(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or a pension which is analogous to such a pension paid by the government of a country outside the United Kingdom;
(f) a war widow’s pension within the meaning of that section, or a war widower’s pension or surviving civil partner’s war pension;
(g) a payment under a scheme mentioned in section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004; ...
(h) contributory employment and support allowance ; ...
(i) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; and
(j) the carer support payment component of carer support given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.
(2) The following benefits are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 1—
(a) income support;
(b) income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
(c) income-related employment and support allowance; ...
(d) state pension credit; and
(e) universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, where the award of universal credit is calculated on the basis that the non-resident parent does not have any earned income.
(3) Where the conditions referred to in paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 are satisfied the flat rate of maintenance payable is half the flat rate that would otherwise apply.
(4) In paragraph (1)(d) “training allowance” means a payment under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 which is paid to a person for that person’s maintenance while undergoing training.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) and regulation 44(1)(c) “earned income” has the meaning given in regulation 51 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/427/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-43
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