Paragraph 1 F1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

F2Subject to paragraph 5A, the weekly rate of child support maintenance is the basic rate unless a reduced rate, a flat rate or the nil rate applies.

(2)

Unless the nil rate applies, the amount payable weekly to a person with care is—

(a)

the applicable rate, if paragraph 6 does not apply; or

(b)

if paragraph 6 does apply, that rate as apportioned between the persons with care in accordance with paragraph 6,

as adjusted, in either case, by applying the rules about shared care in paragraph 7 or 8.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (22.11.2000 and 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4), ss. 1(3), 68(2), Sch. 1; S.R. 2000/358, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II; S.R. 2003/53, art. 3(1), Sch.
F2: Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1) inserted (10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 10), s. 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(1); S.R. 2012/440, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 4); S.R. 2013/201, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 5); S.R. 2013/276, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)

F1: Word in Sch. 1 heading substituted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(b), 68(2); S.R. 2003/53, art. 3(1), Sch.

C1: Sch. 1 para. 5 (as originally enacted) amended (1.7.2008 for specified purposes, 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in operation) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), s. 60(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(8); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 1
C2: Sch. 1 para. 5 (as originally enacted) amended (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(g)(i)
C3: Sch. 1 para. 6 (as originally enacted) amended (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 64(5) (with regs. 6-9)