3.—(1) This regulation applies to a case where—
(a)the Department is arranging for the collection of child support maintenance under Article 29 of the Order(1); and
(b)the non-resident parent has failed to make one or more payments of child support maintenance due.
(2) Where the Department is considering taking action with regard to a case falling within paragraph (1), it must serve a notice on the non-resident parent.
(3) The notice must—
(a)itemize the payments of child support maintenance due and not paid;
(b)set out in general terms the provisions as to arrears contained in this regulation and regulation 8 of the AIAMA Regulations(2); and
(c)request the non-resident parent make payment of all outstanding arrears.
(4) Where a notice has been served under paragraph (2), no duty to serve a further notice under that paragraph arises in relation to further arrears unless those further arrears have arisen after an intervening continuous period of not less than 12 weeks during the course of which all payments of child support maintenance due from the non-resident parent have been paid on time in accordance with regulations made under Article 29 of the Order.
Article 29 was amended by section 1(2) of the 2000 Act, and section 12 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2008 Act Back [1]
Regulation 8 was substituted by regulation 5(2) of S.R. 1995 No. 475 and was amended by regulation 22(1) of S.R. 1996 No. 289 and regulation 2(7) of S.R. 2001 No. 15