# The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Paragraph 4


(1) Except in a case falling within sub-paragraph (2), a flat rate of £7 is payable if the nil rate does not apply and—
(a) the non-resident parent’s gross weekly income is £100 or less; or
(b) he receives any benefit, pension or allowance prescribed for the purposes of this head; or
(c) he or his partner (if any) receives any benefit prescribed for the purposes of this head.
(2) A flat rate of a prescribed amount is payable if the nil rate does not apply and—
(a) the non-resident parent has a partner who is also a non-resident parent;
(b) the partner is a person with respect to whom a maintenance calculation is in force; and
(c) the non-resident parent or his partner receives any benefit prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(c).
(3) The benefits, pensions and allowances which may be prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) include those paid to the non-resident parent under the law of a place outside the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/2628/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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