Regulation 7 Amendment of regulation 17 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations

Regulation 17 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

For paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–

“(1)

Subject to regulation 18(1), where a maintenance assessment in force is–

(a)

an assessment that has not been previously reviewed;

(b)

a fresh assessment following an earlier review under section 16 of the Act; or

(c)

a fresh assessment following a review under section 17 of the Act,

that assessment shall be reviewed by a child support officer under section 16 of the Act after it has been in force for a period of 52 weeks.

(2)

Where a maintenance assessment in force is a fresh assessment following a review under section 18 or 19 of the Act, that assessment shall be reviewed by a child support officer under section 16 of the Act after it has been in force for a period of 52 weeks less the period between the effective date of the previous assessment falling within paragraph (1) above and the effective date of the fresh assessment following the review under section 18 or 19 of the Act.”.

In paragraph (7)(a) for the words “a case is” there shall be substituted the words “the case is one”.