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Adaptation of Article 4 of the Child Support Order and regulations made under it

2.—(1) The provisions contained in the Memorandum of Arrangements set out in the Schedule shall have effect so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to paragraph (1), any act, omission, event or other matter which is relevant for the purposes of section 10 of the Child Support Act 1995(1) and regulations made under it is deemed to be an act, omission, event or other matter which is relevant for the purposes of Article 4 of the Child Support Order (the child maintenance bonus) and regulations made under it.

(3) In Article 4 of the Child Support Order and regulations made under it the references to—

(a)“a child maintenance bonus” shall be construed as including references to a child maintenance bonus within the meaning of section 10 of the Child Support Act 1995;

(b)“income support” shall be construed as including references to income support within the meaning of Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2);

(c)“jobseeker’s allowance” shall be construed as including references to jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(3);

(d)“the Department” shall be construed as including references to the Secretary of State.