Regulation 4 Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) RegulationsI1

After regulation 8 of the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992^f1 (maintenance calculations and maintenance orders made in error) there shall be inserted the following regulation –

“Maintenance calculations and maintenance orders – payments

8A.

Where –

(a)

a maintenance calculation has been made with respect to a qualifying child in response to an application made under Article 7 of the Order^f2;

(b)

at the time that maintenance calculation was made a maintenance order was in force with respect to that child;

(c)

the maintenance order has ceased to have effect by virtue of the provisions of regulation 3^f3; and

(d)

the non-resident parent had made payments of maintenance due under that order after the date on which the maintenance calculation took effect in accordance with regulation 25 of the Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations^f4,

the payments made under the maintenance order shall be treated as payments of child support maintenance.”.