Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/part/7/crossheading/child-support-maintenance
Timestamp: 2018-03-18 00:38:17
Document Index: 405791079

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 127', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'Art. 129', 'art. 3', 'Art. 130', 'art. 3', 'art 8', 'Art. 131', 'art. 3']

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, Cross Heading: Child support maintenance is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 March 2018. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Child support maintenanceN.I.
Collection of child support maintenanceN.I.
127.—(1) The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 7 (child support maintenance)—
(a)in paragraph (2), the words from “or” to “made” are repealed;
“(2A) The Department may only make arrangements under paragraph (2)(a) if—
(a)the non-resident parent agrees to the arrangements, or
(b)the Department is satisfied that without the arrangements child support maintenance is unlikely to be paid in accordance with the calculation.”
(3) In Article 29 (collection of child support maintenance), in paragraph (1) after “may” insert “ (subject to Article 7(2A)) ”.
I1Art. 127(1)(2)(a) in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(5)(a) (with art. 2)
Indicative maintenance calculationsN.I.
128. After Article 11 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 insert—
“Maintenance agreements: indicative calculations
11A.—(1) A person with care or non-resident parent in relation to any qualifying child or qualifying children may apply to the Department for an indicative calculation with respect to that child or any of those children.
(2) An indicative calculation is a calculation of the amount of child support maintenance which the Department considers would in accordance with Article 13 be fixed by a maintenance calculation if such a calculation were made with respect to the child or children in question.
(3) An indicative calculation does not create any liability on any person to pay child support maintenance.
(4) The Department may limit the number of applications it will accept under this Article in any particular case in such manner as it thinks fit.
(5) Where a person who is alleged to be the parent of a child with respect to whom an application for an indicative calculation has been made denies being one of the child's parents, the Department shall not make the indicative calculation on the assumption that the person is one of the child's parents unless the case falls within paragraph (b) of Case A3 in Article 27(2).”
Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefitN.I.
129. In Article 40 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (as substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000), for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—
“(1) The power of the Department to make regulations under section 5 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 by virtue of subsection (1)(q) of that section may be exercised with a view to securing the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance by a non-resident parent.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) to the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance includes the recovery of—
(a)arrears of child support maintenance; and
(b)fees payable under section 3 of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.”
I2Art. 129 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(5)(b)
130.—(1) Section 3 of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (fees) is amended as follows.
(a)in paragraph (d), at the end insert “ (including provision for the apportionment of fees and the matters to be taken into account in determining an apportionment) ”;
(b)in paragraph (g) “waiver,” is repealed;
(c)after paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)about waiver of fees (including the matters to be taken into account in determining a waiver).”
“(3A) The Department must review the effect of the first regulations made under subsection (1).
(3B) The review must take place before the end of the period of 30 months beginning with the day on which those regulations come into operation.
(3C) After the review, the Department must make and publish a report containing—
(a)the conclusions of the review; and
(b)a statement as to what the Department proposes to do in view of those conclusions.
(3D) The report must be laid before the Assembly by the Department.”
I3Art. 130 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(5)(b)
Exclusion from individual voluntary arrangementsN.I.
131. In the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, in Article 9 (interpretation), at the end insert—
“(5) Liability under the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 to pay child support maintenance to any person is not a debt or liability for the purposes of Part 8.”
I4Art. 131 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(5)(b)