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The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

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41.—(1) [F1The Department] shall have jurisdiction to make a [F2maintenance assessment] [F3maintenance calculation] with respect to a person who is—

(a)a person with care;

(b)[F4an absent parent] [F5a non-resident parent]; or

(c)a qualifying child,

only if that person is habitually resident in the United Kingdom[F6, except in the case of a non-resident parent who falls within paragraph (2A)].

(2) Where the person with care is not an individual, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if sub-paragraph (a)were omitted.

[F6(2A) A non-resident parent falls within this paragraph if he is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, but is—

(a)employed in the civil service of the Crown, including Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service;

(b)a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, including any person employed by an association established for the purposes of Part XI of the Reserve Forces Act 1996;

(c)employed by a company of a prescribed description registered under the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or under the Companies Act 1985 in England and Wales or in Scotland; or

(d)employed by a body of a prescribed description.]

(3) [F7The Department may by regulations make provision for the cancellation of any [F8maintenance assessment] [F9maintenance calculation] where—

(a)the person with care, [F10absent parent] [F11non-resident parent] or qualifying child with respect to whom it was made ceases to be habitually resident in the United Kingdom;

(b)in a case falling within paragraph (2), the absent parent or qualifying child with respect to whom it was made ceases to be habitually resident in the United Kingdom; or

(c)in such circumstances as may be prescribed, a maintenance order of a prescribed kind is made with respect to any qualifying child with respect to whom the [F12maintenance assessment] [F13maintenance calculation] was made.]

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