Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationF1I1

These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Variations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation in relation to a particular case on the day on which section 5 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000^f1 is commenced in relation to that type of case.

In these Regulations—

• “the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

• “Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2;

• “capped amount” means the amount of income for the purposes of paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 to the Order^f3;

• “couple” has the same meaning as in paragraph 10C(5) of Schedule 1 to the Order;

• “date of notification” means the date upon which notification is given in person or communicated by telephone to the recipient or, where this is not possible, the date of posting;

• “date of receipt” means the day on which the information or document is actually received;

• “home” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations;

• “Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001^f4;

• “Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001^f5;

• F2“partner” has the same meaning as in paragraph 10C(4) of Schedule 1 to the Order;

• “qualifying child” means the child with respect to whom the maintenance calculation falls to be made;

• “relevant person” means—

  1. (a)

     a non-resident parent, or a parent treated as a non-resident parent under regulation 8 of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations, whose liability to pay child support maintenance may be affected by any variation agreed;

  2. (b)

     a person with care, where the amount of child support maintenance payable by virtue of a calculation relevant to that person with care may be affected by any variation agreed;

• “the Service Pensions Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983^f6; and

• “Transitional Regulations” means the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001^f7.