FAMILY LAW PART I GENERAL Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2001. 2 Regulation 11 and, for the purposes of that provision, this regulation and regulation 2, shall come into force on 15th February 2001. 3 The remainder of these Regulations shall come into force in relation to a particular case on the date on which section 1 of the 2000 Act comes into force in relation to that type of case. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 2000 Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000; “the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991 ; “the Community Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the Community Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993 ; “the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ; “the former Act” means the Act prior to its amendment by the 2000 Act; ... “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ; “the Maintenance Payments Regulations” means the Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 ; “the New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999 ; “the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1998 ; “the North Norfolk Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the North Norfolk Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993 ; “the Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1996 ; and “the Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order” means the Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1995 . PART II CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS Amendment of the Community Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order and the North Norfolk Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 3 To the list of subordinate legislation specified respectively in the Schedule to the Community Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order and the Schedule to the North Norfolk Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, there shall be added “The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000 ”. Amendment of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations 4 1 The Decisions and Appeals Regulations shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs. 2 In regulations 23(2)(b) and (5) and 44(1)(a), (2) and (3), for the words “absent parent” wherever they appear there shall be substituted the words “ non-resident parent ” . 3 In regulation 23(3)(a) for the word “assessment” there shall be substituted the word “ calculation ” . 4 In regulation 33(1)(a)(i) and (2)(d) the words “as extended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4C to that Act” shall be omitted. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Guardian’s Allowances Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Income Support Regulations 6 1 The Income Support Regulations shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs. 2 In regulations 60A and 60C(6)(a), for the word “assessment” there shall be substituted “ calculation ” . 3 In paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3— a subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the word “assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “ calculation ” ; and b in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “interim maintenance assessment” wherever they appear there shall be substituted “ interim maintenance decision or default maintenance decision ” . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 7 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs. 2 In regulations 125 and 128(6)(a), for the word “assessment” there shall be substituted “ calculation ” . 3 In paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 2— a subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the word “assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “ calculation ” ; and b in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “interim maintenance assessment” wherever they appear there shall be substituted “ interim maintenance decision or default maintenance decision ” . Amendment of the Maintenance Payments Regulations 8 In regulation 2(a)(ii) of the Maintenance Payments Regulations, for the word “assessment” there shall be substituted “ calculation ” . Amendment of the New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, the Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order and the Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 9 To the list of subordinate legislation specified respectively in the Schedule to the New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, the Schedule to the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, the Schedule to the Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order and the Schedule to the Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order there shall be added “The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000” and “The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000 ”. PART III SAVINGS Savings for particular cases 10 Z1 This regulation is subject to the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2000. 1 Where, in respect of a particular case there is a maintenance assessment the effective date of which is before the date that these Regulations come into force with respect to that type of case (“the commencement date”), these Regulations shall not apply for the purposes of— a the Guardian’s Allowances Regulations, in relation to a parent who died on or before the commencement date; b the Income Support Regulations, in relation to a person who is entitled to income support for a period beginning on or before the day before the commencement date; c the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, in relation to a person who is entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a period beginning on or before the day before the commencement date; and d the Maintenance Payments Regulations, in relation to payment of child support maintenance under a maintenance assessment in a period beginning on or before the day before the commencement date. 2 These Regulations shall not apply with respect to the Income Support Regulations and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in relation to a person who is entitled to income support or a jobseeker’s allowance, as the case may be, for a period beginning on or before the day before the commencement date. PART IV TRANSITIONAL PROVISION Transitional provision—redetermination of appeals 11 In relation to any particular case, before the date on which these Regulations, except for this regulation, come into force for the purposes of that case, in section 23A(4)(b) of the Act the reference to “qualifying persons” shall be treated as a reference to any person referred to in section 20 of the former Act with a right of appeal under that section and the reference in section 23A(3) to “the principal parties” shall be construed accordingly. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security