# The Child Support (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 5


(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), where two or more applications for a maintenance assessment are made in relation to the same absent parent or a person treated as such, under the provision made for one territory and under the provision made for the other territory, all the said applications shall be dealt with in, and in accordance with the provision made for, the territory in which the person with care resides in respect of whom the first application was received.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), where the applications specified in paragraph (1) include an application under section 7 of the Act by a qualifying child (right of child in Scotland to apply for assessment), all the applications shall be dealt with in, and in accordance with the provision made for, the territory in which the person with care of the said qualifying child resides.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where a person with care whose application is dealt with under the provisions of paragraph (1) makes an application in respect of another absent parent, that further application shall be dealt with in, and in accordance with the provision made for, the territory specified in that paragraph.
(4) Where paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) apply, the determining authority shall, in determining the amount of child support maintenance to be fixed by any maintenance assessment, take into account in calculating that amount, any provisions which would otherwise have been applicable to that calculation had the assessment been made in accordance with the provision made for the other territory.
(5) Subject to paragraph (7), where an application for a maintenance assessment is made under the provisions for one territory in relation to an absent parent, a person treated as such, or an alleged absent parent who resides in the other territory, that application shall be dealt with in, and in accordance with the provision made for, the territory in which the person with care resides.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), where an application for a maintenance assessment is made under section 7 of the Act by a qualifying child, the application shall be dealt with in, and in accordance with the provision made for, the territory in which the person with care of that child resides.
(7) Where paragraphs (5) and (6) apply, the determining authority shall, in determining the amount of child support maintenance to be fixed by any maintenance assessment, take into account in calculating that amount, any provisions which would otherwise have been applicable to that calculation had the assessment been made in accordance with the provision made for the other territory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/584/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-reciprocal-arrangements-regulations-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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