Article 38C Power to treat liability as satisfiedF1

(1)

The Department may by regulations—

(a)

make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off liabilities to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies;

(b)

make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off against a person's liability to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies a payment made by the person which is of a prescribed description.

(2)

Liability to pay child support maintenance shall be treated as satisfied to the extent that it is the subject of setting off under regulations under paragraph (1).

(3)

In paragraph (1), the references to child support maintenance to which this Article applies are to child support maintenance for the collection of which the Department is authorised to make arrangements.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 38C inserted (26.11.2009 for specified purposes, 25.1.2010 in so far as not already in operation) by Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 10), ss. 22, 41(1) (with s. 40(2)); S.R. 2009/380, art. 2(1)