6. In regulation 16 of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) (debts incurred before the absent parent became an absent parent)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “a married or unmarried couple” there shall be substituted “a couple”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (e) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(e)unpaid legal costs in respect of—
(i)separation or divorce from the non-applicant parent, or
(ii)separation from the non-applicant parent or the dissolution of a civil partnership that had been formed with the non-applicant parent;”;
(c)in paragraph (5)(a), for “married or unmarried couple” there shall be substituted “couple”.