Regulation 33 Insertion of regulation 30A into the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations

After regulation 30 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations, there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“ Effective dates of new maintenance assessments in particular cases

30A

(1)

Subject to regulation 33(7), where a new maintenance assessment is made in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act following an interim maintenance assessment which has ceased to have effect in the circumstances set out in regulation 8D(6), the effective date of that maintenance assessment shall be the date upon which that interim maintenance assessment ceased to have effect in accordance with that regulation.

(2)

Where a child support officer receives the information or evidence to enable him to make a maintenance assessment calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act for a period prior to the date upon which an interim maintenance assessment has ceased to have effect in the circumstances set out in regulation 8D(6), that maintenance assessment shall, subject to regulation 33(7), have effect for the period from the date set by regulation 3(7) of the Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations or regulation 30(2)(a) or (b), as the case may be, to the effective date of the maintenance assessment referred to in paragraph (1).”.