Explanatory note

paragraph (2) makes a drafting amendment to paragraph (6) of regulation 1;

paragraph (3) clarifies the provisions of paragraph (8) of regulation 8D;

paragraph (4) creates an exception to the provisions of regulation 19 where, following a review under Article 19, the child support officer determines that the case no longer falls within paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 1 to the Order;

paragraph (5) clarifies existing effective date provisions and makes provision for the effective date of a new maintenance assessment which relates to part only of the period after the maintenance enquiry form was sent and also for the effective date of an assessment made, subsequently, when all relevant information is available for the whole of the relevant period;

paragraph (6) makes amendments to regulation 49 which are consequential on the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

paragraph (2) inserts new definitions and amends the definition of “personal pension scheme”, to reflect the definition now utilised by the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;

paragraph (3) inserts a new regulation 10A, which prescribes family credit and disability working allowance, with certain exceptions, for the purposes of paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 1 to the Order;

paragraph (4) provides for the disposable income figure prescribed in regulation 12(1)(b) to be reduced by the amount of any maintenance payable under certain maintenance orders;

paragraph (7) makes various amendments to Schedule 1;

paragraph (8)(d) amends Schedule 2, providing for payments made in lieu of community care services to be disregarded in calculating or estimating net income;

paragraph (9) makes various amendments to Schedule 3;

a number of other amendments are also made which are consequential on the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (paragraphs (5), (6) and (8)(a), (b), (c) and (d)).