FAMILY LAW Citation and Commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and, subject to paragraph (2), come into operation on 12th July 2006. 2 Where, in relation to a particular case, paragraph 24 of Schedule 3 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 has not come into operation before 12th July 2006, regulation 3(3) shall come into operation for the purposes of that case on the day on which that paragraph comes into operation. Amendment of the Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 3 1 The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3 (method of payment):— a after paragraph (1)(f) add:— g by credit card; h by a voluntary deduction from earnings arrangement. ; b for paragraph (1A) substitute:— 1A In paragraph (1):— a “debit card” means a card, operating as a substitute for a cheque that can be used to obtain cash or to make a payment at a point of sale whereby the card holder’s bank or building society account is debited without deferment of payment; b “credit card” means a card which is a credit-token within the meaning of section 14(1)(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974; c “voluntary deduction from earnings arrangement” means an arrangement under which the liable person and his employer agree that payments of child support maintenance are to be deducted from the liable person’s earnings and paid to the Department. . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In regulation 27 (application for a liability order) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraphs:— 2 Subject to paragraph (3), there is no period of limitation in relation to an application under paragraph (1). 3 An application under paragraph (1) may not be instituted in respect of an amount payment of which became due on or before 12th July 2000. . Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 5 1 The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 are amended as follows. 2 At the end of regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) add “; and regulation 3(4)(a)(ii) shall, to the extent that that provision is not already in operation on 12th July 2006, come into operation on that date”. 3 In regulation 5(1) (savings):— a at the end of sub-paragraph (a) and head (i) insert “or”; b at the end of sub-paragraph (b) and head (ii) omit “or”; and c omit sub-paragraph (c) and head (iii). Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 7 Regulation 3(4)(b) of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 is revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 21st June 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of he Department for Social Development