# The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012, Regulation 48: Non-resident parent party to another maintenance arrangement


(1) An agreement described in paragraph (2) is an agreement of a prescribed description for the purposes of paragraph 5A(6)(b) of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act (that is an agreement which is a qualifying maintenance arrangement for the purposes of that paragraph).
(2) The agreement may be oral or written and must satisfy the following conditions—
(a) it must relate to a child of the non-resident parent who is habitually resident in the UK;
(b) it must be between the non-resident parent and a person with whom the child has their home (but not in the same household as the non-resident parent) and who usually provides day to day care for that child; and
(c) it must provide for the non-resident parent to make regular payments for the benefit of the child.
(3) The payments mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) may include payments made by the non-resident parent direct to the person mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or payments to other persons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111526132/regulation/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-support-maintenance-calculation-regulations-2012/regulation-48
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