Regulation 45 Amendment of regulation 7 of the Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations

After paragraph (3) of regulation 7 of the Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations there shall be added the following paragraph–

“(4)

Where a parent is treated as an absent parent for the purposes of the Act and of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations by virtue of regulation 20 of those Regulations, he shall be treated as an absent parent for the purposes of paragraphs (1) to (3).”.