Regulation 13 Collection and enforcement of fees

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of the 1991 Act with respect to—

(a)

the collection of child support maintenance;

(b)

the enforcement of any obligation to pay child support maintenance,

shall apply equally to the collection and enforcement of fees payable by virtue of one or both of Parts 3 and 4 of these Regulations.

(2)

The following provisions of the 1991 Act do not apply where those provisions would be used solely to enforce payment of a fee payable by virtue of one or both of Parts 3 and 4—

(a)

section 39A (commitment to prison and disqualification from driving)^f1;

(b)

section 40 (commitment to prison)^f2;

(c)

section 40A (commitment to prison: Scotland)^f3; and

(d)

section 40B (disqualification from driving: further provisions)^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 39A of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) was inserted by section 16 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) (“the 2000 Act”).
f2: Section 40 of the 1991 Act was amended by sections 16(2), 17(1) and 85 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 9 to, the 2000 Act.
f3: Section 40A of the 1991 Act was inserted by section 17 of the 2000 Act.
f4: Section 40B of the 1991 Act was inserted by section 16 of the 2000 Act.