Regulation 4 Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992

(1)

The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2)

In Schedule 1 (calculation of N and M)—

(a)

in paragraph 2A(3)(a)^f2, for “equivalent to any personal allowance” substitute “calculated as if it were equivalent to any personal allowance which would be”;

(b)

in paragraph 3(5)(a)^f3, for “equivalent to any personal allowance” substitute “calculated as if it were equivalent to any personal allowance which would be”.

(3)

In Schedule 2 (amounts to be disregarded when calculating or estimating N and M)—

(a)

after paragraph 18, insert—

“18A.

Subject to paragraph 20^f4, and to the extent that it does not exceed £10.00, a payment made in respect of a parent under a scheme mentioned in section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004^f5 (compensation schemes for armed and reserve forces).”;

(b)

in paragraph 20 for the words “18 and 19(1)” wherever they appear, substitute “18 to 19(1)”;

(c)

in paragraph 25^f6 after the words “(permitted allowances)”, insert “or paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f7”;

(d)

after paragraph 25, insert—

“25A.

Any payment made to a person in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 14F of the Children Act 1989^f8 (special guardianship support services) in respect of a child who is a member of his family.”.

(4)

In paragraph (b) of Schedule 4 (cases where child support maintenance is not to be payable)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (ix), omit “and”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ix), add—

“(x)
the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004; and”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1992/1815. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/913, S.I. 1995/1045, S.I. 1996/481, S.I. 1996/3196, S.I. 1998/58, S.I. 1999/997 and S.I. 2003/2779.
f2: Paragraph 2A was inserted by S.I. 1999/997.
f3: Paragraph 3(5) was substituted by S.I. 1996/3196 and amended by S.I. 1998/58.
f4: Paragraph 20 was amended by S.I. 1996/481.
f5: 2004 c. 32.
f6: Paragraph 25 was amended by S.I. 1993/913, S.I. 1998/58 and S.I. 1999/997.
f7: 2002 c. 38.
f8: 1989 c. 41. Section 14F was inserted by section 115 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38).