# The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 4: 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 to the Order—
(a) under the Contributions and Benefits Act—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) category A retirement pension under section 44;
(iii) category B retirement pension under section 48C;
(iv) category C and category D retirement pensions under section 78;
(v) incapacity benefit under section 30A;
(vi) carer’s allowance under section 70;
(vii) maternity allowance under section 35 or 35B;
(viii) severe disablement allowance under section 68;
(ix) industrial injuries benefit under section 94;
(x) widowed mother’s allowance under section 37;
(xi) widowed parent’s allowance under section 39A, and
(xii) widow’s pension under section 38;
(b) contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under Article 3 of the Jobseekers Order;
(c) a social security benefit paid by a country other than the United Kingdom;
(d) a training allowance (other than 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, 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 (compensation schemes for armed and reserve forces); ...
(h) contributory employment and support allowance under section 2 of the Welfare Reform Act ; and
(i) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
(2) The benefits prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Order are—
(a) income support under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Article 3 of the Jobseekers Order; ...
(c) state pension credit; ...
(d) income-related employment and support allowance under section 4 of the Welfare Reform Act; 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 non-resident parent is liable to pay a flat rate by virtue of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Order—
(a) if he has one partner, then the amount payable by the non-resident parent shall be half the flat rate; and
(b) if he has more than one partner, then the amount payable by the non-resident parent shall be the result of apportioning the flat rate equally among him and his partners.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) and regulation 5(d) “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/2001/18/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculations-and-special-cases-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-4
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