Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefitN.I.
129. In Article 40 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (as substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000), for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—
“(1) The power of the Department to make regulations under section 5 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 by virtue of subsection (1)(q) of that section may be exercised with a view to securing the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance by a non-resident parent.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) to the making of payments in respect of child support maintenance includes the recovery of—
(a)arrears of child support maintenance; and
(b)fees payable under section 3 of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.”
Commencement Information
I1Art. 129 in operation at 17.2.2016 by S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(5)(b)