# The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) Schedule 1 to the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Order) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) For paragraph 2 (meaning of “advanced education” for the purposes of Article 3 of the Order), substitute—
“Meaning of “advanced education” for the purposes of Article 3 of the Order
2. For the purposes of Article 3 of the Order “advanced education” means education for the purposes of—
(a) a course leading to a postgraduate degree or comparable qualification, a first degree or comparable qualification, a diploma of higher education or a higher national diploma; or
(b) any other course which is of a standard above advanced GNVQ, or equivalent, including a course which is of a standard above a general certificate of education (advanced level), a Scottish national qualification (higher or advanced higher).”;
(4) In paragraph 4 (interruption of full-time education), for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) The provisions of sub-paragraph (1) do not apply to any period of interruption of a person’s full-time education which is followed immediately by a period during which child benefit ceases to be payable in respect of that person.”.
(5) Omit paragraph 5 (circumstances in which a person who has ceased to receive full-time education is to be treated as continuing to fall within Article 3(1) of the Order).
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/363/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-4
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