Family Law Citation, commencement and cessation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Deduction Orders and Fees) (Amendment and Modification Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 23rd May 2016. 2 Regulations 2(2)(b) and 3 cease to have effect on 22nd May 2021 and the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014 apply thereafter as if the amendments made to them by regulation 3 had not been made. Modification of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 2 1 The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 are modified as follows in relation to a case in which liability to pay child support maintenance is calculated in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 1 (calculation of weekly amount of child support maintenance) to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 as amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (changes to the calculation of maintenance) to the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. 2 Regulation 25I(2) (variation of a regular deduction order) has effect as if— a in sub-paragraph (a)— i in head (i), after “arrears” there were inserted “or a payment towards an enforcement fee”; ii in head (ii), after “maintenance” there were inserted “and, where payable, fees”; b in sub-paragraph (c) the word “or” is omitted; and c there were inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (d)— ;or e there are arrears that are not included in the order. . 3 Regulation 25J(2)(a) (lapse of a regular deduction order) has effect as if after “maintenance calculation” there were inserted “and an alternative method of payment of fees (where payable)”. 4 Regulation 25L(1)(b) (discharge of a regular deduction order) has effect as if after “regulation 2” there were inserted “and any fees have been paid in full”. 5 Regulation 25S(2)(c) (lapse of a lump sum deduction order) has effect as if after “maintenance calculation” there were inserted “and an alternative method of payment of fees (where payable)”. 6 Regulation 25U(1) (discharge of a lump sum deduction order) has effect as if— a in sub-paragraph (b), after “regulation 2” there were inserted “and fees specified in the order have been paid in full”; and b in sub-paragraph (c), after “and the liable person” there were inserted “and the total amount of any fees specified in the order have been paid”. Amendment of the Child Support Fees Regulations 3 1 The Child Support Fees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 6 (enforcement fee)— a the existing provision becomes paragraph (1); b after paragraph (1) insert— 2 An enforcement fee of £50 is payable to the Department by a non-resident parent in a case where— a regulation 8B(2) (waiver of a collection fee and an enforcement fee in certain segment 5 cases) is satisfied; b the Department makes a determination that the payment arrangement referred to in regulation 8B(2)(c) is to end; c the deduction from earnings order referred to in regulation 8B(2)(c)(ii) is varied on or after the date on which that determination is made; and d that deduction from earnings order has not been varied previously on or after the date on which that determination is made. . 3 In regulation 8 (waiver of an enforcement fee)— a in paragraph (1) after “6” insert “(1)”; b after paragraph (1) insert— 1A An enforcement fee payable under regulation 6(2) may be waived in the circumstances specified in paragraphs (4)(c) and (6). ; c in paragraph (6) after “made” insert “, or a deduction from earnings request made against the non-resident parent is varied,”. 4 After Part 3 (enforcement fee) insert— PART 3A Segment 5 cases Interpretation of this Part 8A For the purposes of this Part— “the Ending Liability Regulations” means the Child Support (Ending Liability in Existing Cases and Transition to New Calculation Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 ; “absent parent” has the meaning given in Article 4(2) (meaning of certain terms) of the Child Support Order ; “child support maintenance” means child support maintenance calculated under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order as amended by Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act; “existing case” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 (maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules) to the 2008 Act; “liability end date” has the meaning given in regulation 6 (liability end date) of the Ending Liability Regulations; “relevant period” in relation to a case means a period— beginning on the date on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act comes into force in relation to that case; and ending on the day which the Department makes a determination that the payment arrangement is to end. Wavier of a collection fee and an enforcement fee in certain segment 5 cases 8B 1 A collection or an enforcement fee that becomes payable during the relevant period may be waived in a case that satisfies paragraph (2). 2 A case satisfies this paragraph where— a the person with care, non-resident parent and qualifying child were the person with care, non-resident parent (or absent parent) and qualifying child in relation to an existing case (“the previous case”) where— i notice was given under regulation 5(2) (exercise of the choice as to whether or not to stay in the statutory scheme) of the Ending Liability Regulations specifying a liability end date determined in accordance with regulation 6(1)(b) of those Regulations; ii on the date on which the notice was printed by the Department, the case was a segment 5 case (which has the meaning given in the scheme prepared by the Department under regulation 3(1) (scheme in relation to ending liability in existing cases) of the Ending Liability Regulations (as revised from time to time) ); iii the notice was sent on or after 23rd May 2016; b an application for a maintenance calculation was made before the liability end date in relation to the previous case; c the Department has specified that payments of child support maintenance are to be made by— i a method of payment listed in regulation 3(1)(a) to (g) (method of payment) of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 ; or ii a method of payment listed in regulation 3(1)(a) to (g) in respect of a portion of the child support maintenance payable and by deduction from earnings order (which has the meaning given in regulation 5 (interpretation of this Part)) in respect of a portion of the child support maintenance payable, for the purpose of enabling the non-resident parent to demonstrate that without arrangements for collection or arrangements for enforcement of child support maintenance under the Child Support Order payments will be made in accordance with the calculation (“the payment arrangement”); and d the first payment to be made in accordance with the payment arrangement is the first payment of child support maintenance due in the case. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd March 2016 (L.S.) Anne McCleary A senior officer of the Department for Communities