Regulation 3 Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations

In regulation 1 of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992^f1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), after paragraph (2A)^f2 insert—

“(2B)

For the purposes of these Regulations, where a person has made an election under section 11A(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for payments of child benefit not to be made—

(a)

that person is to be treated as being in receipt of child benefit; and

(b)

the amount of child benefit that would be otherwise paid in respect of the relevant child is to be treated as being in payment.”.