{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-137.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Collection of child support maintenance",
  "text": "(1) The Child Support Act 1991 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 4 (child support maintenance)—\n(a) in subsection (2), the words from “or“ to “made” are repealed;\n(b) after subsection (2) there is inserted—\n“(2A) The Secretary of State may only make arrangements under subsection (2)(a) if—\n(a) the non-resident parent agrees to the arrangements, or\n(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that without the arrangements child support maintenance is unlikely to be paid in accordance with the calculation.”\n(3) In section 7 (right of child in Scotland to apply for calculation)—\n(a) in subsection (3), for the words from “person with care” to “made or” there is substituted “ person with care or ”;\n(b) after subsection (3) there is inserted—\n“(3A) The Secretary of State may only make arrangements under subsection (3)(a) if—\n(a) the non-resident parent agrees to the arrangements, or\n(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that without the arrangements child support maintenance is unlikely to be paid in accordance with the calculation.”\n(4) In section 29 (collection of child support maintenance), in subsection (1), after “may” there is inserted “ (subject to section 4(2A) and 7(3A)) ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 137(2)(b) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 106(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 137(3)(b) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 106(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 137 in force at 30.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 4 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/137",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:01.675536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}