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Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

    1. 1.Promotion of child maintenance

    2. 2.Provision of information and guidance

    3. 3.Fees

    4. 4.Agency arrangements and provision of services

    5. 5.Contracting out

    6. 6.Supplementary provisions

  3. PART 2 CHILD SUPPORT ETC.

    1. Removal of compulsion for benefit claimants

      1. 7.Repeal of Articles 9 and 43

    2. Maintenance calculations

      1. 8.Changes to the calculation of maintenance

      2. 9.Power to regulate supersession

      3. 10.Determination of applications for a variation

      4. 11.Transfer of cases to new rules

    3. Collection and enforcement

      1. 12.Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment

      2. 13.Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person’s earnings

      3. 14.Orders for regular deductions from accounts

      4. 15.Lump sum deduction orders

      5. 16.Orders preventing avoidance

      6. 17.Administrative liability orders

      7. 18.Disqualification for holding or obtaining travel authorisation

      8. 19.Curfew orders

      9. 20.Commitment to prison

      10. 21.Disqualification for driving

    4. Debt management powers

      1. 22.Power to treat liability as satisfied

      2. 23.Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction

      3. 24.Power to write off arrears

      4. 25.Transfer of arrears

    5. Miscellaneous

      1. 26.Meaning of “child”

      2. 27.Offence of failing to notify change of address

      3. 28.Additional special case

      4. 29.Recovery of arrears from deceased’s estate

      5. 30.Disclosure of information relating to family proceedings

      6. 31.Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies

      7. 32.Pilot schemes

      8. 33.Extinction of liability in respect of interest and fees

      9. 34.Use of information

      10. 35.Liable relative provisions: exclusion of parental duty to maintain

  4. PART 3 GENERAL

    1. 36.Regulations: general

    2. 37.General interpretation

    3. 38.Minor and consequential amendments

    4. 39.Repeals

    5. 40.Transition

    6. 41.Commencement

    7. 42.Short title

  5. SCHEDULES:

    1. Schedule 1

      Changes to the calculation of maintenance

    2. Schedule 2

      Maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules

    3. Schedule 3

      Use of information

    4. Schedule 4

      Minor and consequential amendments

    5. Schedule 5

      Repeals

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