# The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000, Regulation 4: Flat rate


(1) The following benefits, pensions and allowances are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act—
(a) under the Contributions and Benefits Act—
(i) bereavement allowance under section 39B;
(ii) category A retirement pension under section 44;
(iii) category B retirement pension under section 48C;
(iv) category C and category D retirement pensions under section 78;
(v) incapacity benefit under section 30A;
(vi) invalid care allowance under section 70;
(vii) maternity allowance under section 35;
(viii) severe disablement allowance under section 68;
(ix) industrial injuries benefit under section 94;
(x) widowed mother’s allowance under section 37;
(xi) widowed parent’s allowance under section 39A; and
(xii) widow’s pension under section 38;
(b) contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act;
(c) a social security benefit paid by a country other than the United Kingdom;
(d) a training allowance (other than work-based training for young people or, in Scotland, Skillseekers training); and
(e) a war disablement pension or war widow’s pension within the meaning of section 150(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or a pension which is analogous to such a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain.
(2) The benefits prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Act are—
(a) income support under section 124 of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and
(b) income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act.
(3) Where the non-resident parent is liable to a pay a flat rate by virtue of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act—
(a) if he has one partner, then the amount payable by the non-resident parent shall be half the flat rate; and
(b) if he has more than one partner, then the amount payable by the non-resident parent shall be the result of apportioning the flat rate equally among him and his partners.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110188624/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-support-maintenance-calculations-and-special-cases-regulations-2000/regulation-4
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