The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

Appointed day for the coming into operation of section 22, and an associated repeal

6.—(1) 3rd March 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of –

(a) section 22 (abolition of the child maintenance bonus); and

(b) Part I of Schedule 9 in so far as it relates to the repeal of Article 4 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) and section 67 in so far as it relates to that repeal,

for the purposes of the cases specified in paragraph (2).

(2) Those cases are –

(a) the cases referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article (3)(1); and

(b) cases where maintenance is, on or after 3rd March 2003, paid or payable –

(i) by the parent of a child to a person who has the care of the child in the United Kingdom, and

(ii) under an agreement between the parent and that person (whether enforceable or not) or by virtue of an order of the court.

(1)

S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13)