The Child Support (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Part II Consequential Amendments

Amendment of the Guardian’s Allowances Regulations

2.  In regulation 4(1)(b) of the Guardian’s Allowances Regulations(1) (children of divorced persons, etc.) for “assessment” there shall be substituted “calculation”.

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

3.—(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulations 60A (interpretation) and 60C(6)(a)(2) (calculation of the weekly amount of payments of child support maintenance) for “assessment” there shall be substituted “calculation”.

(3) In Schedule 3 (housing costs) in paragraph 14(2)(3)—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), for “assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “calculation”; and

(b) in head (b) for “interim maintenance assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “interim maintenance decision or default maintenance decision”.

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

4.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulations 125 (interpretation) and 128(6)(a) (calculation of the weekly amount of child support maintenance) for “assessment” there shall be substituted “calculation”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (housing costs) in paragraph 13(2)(4)—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), for “assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “calculation”; and

(b) in head (b) for “interim maintenance assessment” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “interim maintenance decision or default maintenance decision”.

Amendment of the Maintenance Payments Regulations

5.  In regulation 2(a)(ii) of the Maintenance Payments Regulations (interpretation for the purposes of section 72A of the Act) for “assessment” there shall be substituted “calculation”.

Amendment of the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order

6.  In the Schedule to the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998(5) (statutory provisions) at the end there shall be added—

• “The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(6)

• The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(7)”.

Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

7.—(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(8) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 23 (child support decisions involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases)—

(a) in paragraphs (2)(b) and (5) for “absent parent” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “non-resident parent”; and

(b) in paragraph (3)(a) for “assessment” there shall be substituted “calculation”.

(3) In regulation 33(1)(a)(i) (making of appeals and applications) “(including that Article as extended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4C to that Order)” shall be omitted.

(4) In regulation 44 (confidentiality in child support appeals and referrals)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(a), (2) and (3) for “absent parent” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “non-resident parent”; and

(b) in paragraph (2) for “direction” there shall be substituted “decision” and for “Article 43(11)” there shall be substituted “Article 43(10)(9)”.

Amendment of the New Deal Pilot for 25 Plus (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order

8.  In the Schedule to the New Deal Pilot for 25 Plus (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999(10) (list of subordinate legislation) at the end there shall be added—

• “The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.

• The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.”.

(1)

Regulation 4(1) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1998 No. 263

(2)

Regulations 60A and 60C were inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1993 No. 167

(3)

Schedule 3 was substituted by regulation 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1995 No. 301 and sub-paragraph (2) was amended by Article 7(11)(b)(iii) of S.R. 1999 No. 472 (C. 36)

(4)

Sub-paragraph (2) was amended by Article 9(8)(e) of S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32)

(5)

S.R. 1998 No. 127, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(6)

S.R. 2001 No. 17

(7)

S.R. 2001 No. 18

(8)

S.R. 1999 No. 162, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(9)

Article 43 is substituted by section 18 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000

(10)

S.R. 1999 No. 278