2 Amendment of the Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations
1 The Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (11).
S.R. 1992 No. 339; relevant amending rules are S.R.1995 Nos.162 and 475, S.R. 1996 Nos. 317 and 541, S.R. 1998 No. 8 and S.R. 1999 Nos. 152 and 246 (C. 20)
2 For “absent parent” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “non-resident parent” preceded, where appropriate by “a” instead of “an”.
3 Subject to paragraphs (4)(b)(ii), (5)(a) and (b) and (6)(b)(i), for “assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “calculation”.
4 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(a) for the definitions of “Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations” and “Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

““Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;
“Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001”

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S.R. 2001 No. 17
S.R. 2001 No. 18
(b) in the definition of “relevant person”—
(i) in paragraph (c) for “regulation 20 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation 8 of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations”, and
(ii) for the words from “a maintenance assessment” to the end there shall be substituted “a maintenance calculation has been applied for, or has been treated as applied for under Article 9(3) of the Order, or is or has been in force.”.
Article 9 is substituted by section 3 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
5 In regulation 2(2) (persons under a duty to furnish information or evidence)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b) for “assessment has been made” in the first place where it appears there shall be substituted “calculation has been made, or has been treated as made”;
Sub-paragraph (b) was amended by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and Article 7(2)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
(b) in sub-paragraphs (c) and (cc) “or the parent with care” shall be omitted and for “assessment has been made” in the first place where it appears there shall be substituted “calculation has been made, or has been treated as made”;
Sub-paragraph (c) was amended by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and Article 7(2)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20) and sub-paragraph (cc) was inserted by regulation 6(2) of S.R. 1995 No. 162 and amended by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and Article 7(2)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
(c) in sub-paragraph (d) at the beginning there shall be inserted “the appropriate authority or” and for the words “the matter” to the end there shall be substituted “the matters listed in sub-paragraphs (a), (d), (e), (f) and (h) of regulation 3(1)”; and
(d) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(f) a person who acts or has acted as an accountant for the absent parent, including where that person is self-employed, in relation to any business accounts of that parent with respect to the matters listed in sub-paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of regulation 3(1);
(g) a company or partnership for whom the absent parent is providing or has provided services under a contract for services with respect to the matters listed in sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of regulation 3(1);
(h) persons employed in the service of the Crown or otherwise in the discharge of Crown functions—
(i) under Articles 13 to 15 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or Part II of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 with respect to the matter listed in sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 3(1), or
S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)
1994 c. 22; Part II was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), the Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58) and the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36)
(ii) under the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 with respect to the matter listed in sub-paragraph (e) of regulation 3(1).
1953 c. 18”

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6 In regulation 3 (purposes for which information or evidence may be required)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (aa) after “maintenance order” there shall be inserted “made on or after the date prescribed for the purposes of Article 7(10)(a) of the Order which has been in force for at least a year from the date it was made”;
Sub-paragraph (aa) was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 317
Paragraph 10 was inserted by Article 12(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and is amended by section 2 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
(ii) in sub-paragraph (f) for “assessed” there shall be substituted “calculated”, and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (k) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(l) a determination as to who is in receipt of child benefit, payable under Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 either for a child who may be a relevant other child for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Order, or for the qualifying child where a parent may fall to be treated as a non-resident parent under the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations.
1992 c. 7; Part IX was amended by paragraph 185 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)) and section 63 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
Part I of Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000”

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(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) for the words from “an application” to “made” there shall be substituted “the maintenance calculation has been applied for, or has been treated as applied for”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (g) “or a parent with care,” shall be omitted;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (h) “or parent with care” shall be omitted;
Sub-paragraph (h) was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1999 No. 152
(iv) in sub-paragraph (i) “and a parent with care” shall be omitted;
(v) sub-paragraphs (j), (m), (n), (o), (p) and (s) shall be omitted;
Sub-paragraph (p) was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1998 No. 8 and sub-paragraph (s) was added by regulation 6(3) of S.R. 1995 No. 162
(vi) in sub-paragraph (l) “or living in the same household as the parent with care” and “or the parent with care, as the case may be,” shall be omitted;
(vii) in sub-paragraph (q) “or the person with care” shall be omitted;
(viii) in sub-paragraph (r)(i) “or should be cancelled” shall be omitted.
7 In regulation 3A (contents of request for information or evidence) at the end there shall be inserted “including details of the offences provided for in Article 16A of the Order for failing to provide, or providing false, information.”.
Regulation 3A was inserted by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and substituted by Article 7(4) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
Article 16A was inserted by section 13 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
8 Regulation 4 (information from an appropriate authority in connection with housing benefit) shall be omitted.
9 In regulation 5(1) (time within which information or evidence is to be furnished) for “regulations 2(5) and 6(1) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation 3(4) of the Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations”.
Regulation 5 was substituted by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and amended by Article 7(5) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
10 In regulation 6 (continuing duty of persons with care) the words “or should be cancelled” in both places where they appear shall be omitted.
Regulation 6 was amended by Article 7(6) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
11 In regulation 9A (disclosure of information to other persons)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “why” to “Order”, in the first place where it appears, there shall be substituted “why it has decided not to make a maintenance calculation in response to an application made under Article 7 of the Order or treated as made under Article 9 of the Order”;
Sub-paragraph (a) was amended by Article 7(8)(b)(ii) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20)
Article 7 was amended by Article 12(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13)), paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and section 2 of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000
(ii) in sub-paragraph (c) “or has been cancelled” shall be omitted;
Sub-paragraph (c) was amended by regulation 2(6)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 475
(iii) in sub-paragraph (d) for “regulation 10 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation 23 of the Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations”;
(b) in paragraph (2)(c)(ii) for “departure direction” there shall be substituted “variation”.
Sub-paragraph (c) was substituted by regulation 49(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 541 and amended by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1998 No. 8 and Article 7(8)(c) of S.R. 1999 No. 246 (C. 20))
Regulation 9A was inserted by regulation 6(4) of S.R. 1995 No. 162