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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations

13.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 4(3) (relationship between maintenance assessments and certain agreements) for “a child support officer” there shall be substituted “the Department”.

(3) In regulation 5 (notifications by child support officers)—

(a)in the heading for “by child support officers” there shall be substituted “by the Department”; and

(b)in paragraph (1) for “a child support officer” there shall be substituted “the Department” and for “he” there shall be substituted “it”.

(4) In regulation 7 (cancellation of maintenance assessment on grounds of lack of jurisdiction)—

(a)for “a child support officer” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “the Department”; and

(b)in paragraph (3) for “the child support officer” there shall be substituted “the Department”.

(5) In regulation 8(1)(c) (maintenance assessments and maintenance orders made in error) for “the child support officer” there shall be substituted “the Department”.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 466, to which there are amendments not relevant to this order