Paragraph 47A F1

Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from a liable relative where the child or young person in respect of whom the payment is made is a member of the claimant’s family, except where the person making the payment is the claimant or the claimant’s partner.

In paragraph (1)—

• “child maintenance” means any payment towards the maintenance of a child or young person, including any payment made voluntarily and payments made under—

  1. (a)

     the Child Support Act 1991;

  2. (b)

     the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

  3. (c)

     a court order;

  4. (d)

     a consent order;

  5. (e)

     a maintenance agreement registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books;

• “liable relative” means a person listed in regulation 54 (interpretation) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, other than a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) of that definition.