{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-management-of-payments-and-arrears-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-management-of-payments-and-arrears-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3151",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Management of Payments and Arrears) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-management-of-payments-and-arrears-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1991 Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;\n“a 1993 scheme case” means a case in respect of which the provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 have not been brought into force in accordance with article 3 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2003 ;\n“a 2003 scheme case” means a case in respect of which the provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 have been brought into force in accordance with article 3 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No.12) Order 2003;\n“a 2012 scheme case” means a case in respect of which the provisions of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 have been brought into force in accordance with article 2 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.10 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012, article 2 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.11 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 or article 2 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.12 and Savings Provisions) and the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.15) Order 2013;\n“child in Scotland” means a child who has made an application for a maintenance calculation under section 7 of the 1991 Act;\n“Child Maintenance Service system” means the computer system used by the Child Maintenance Service which administers a 2012 scheme case or arrears from a 1993 or 2003 scheme case;\n“Child Support Agency system” means the computer system used by the Child Support Agency which administers a 1993 or 2003 scheme case;\n“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ;\n“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;\n“non-resident parent” includes a person treated as a non-resident parent by virtue of regulations made under section 42 of the 1991 Act;\n“relevant person” means—\n(a)a person with care;\n(b)a non-resident parent;\n(c)where the application for a maintenance calculation is made by a child under section 7 of the 1991 Act, that child,\nin respect of whom a maintenance calculation is or has been in force.\n(2) In the application of these Regulations to a 1993 scheme case, any reference to expressions in the 1991 Act (including “non-resident parent” and “maintenance calculation”) or to regulations made under that Act are to be read with the necessary modifications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (8.10.2012, 10.12.2012 otherwise by virtue of the provisions of the 2008 Act being brought wholly into force on that date by S.I. 2012/3042, art. 4(a)) by The Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3002), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (13.12.2018) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1279), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (13.12.2018) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1279), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.5.2022) by The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications and Information) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/503), regs. 1(2), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/192 (C. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/991."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 modified (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1386), regs. 1(2), 6(2) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1621, reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3151/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:00:07.533613+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}