The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

This Draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before Parliament on 12 July 2018 and published on 16 July 2018 (ISBN 978-0-11-117126-4). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 52(2) and (2A)(b) of the Child Support Act 1991, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2018 No. ***

Family Law

Child Support

The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

Made

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Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1) and (3), 32A(4)(a) and (b), 32C(1) and (2)(h), (k), (l), (n), (o) and (p), 32D(1)(b), 32E(2)(a) and (b), 32F(1)(b), 32I, 32J(1) and (2)(d), (e) and (i), 32K(1)(b), 39B(8)(b) and (10), 39F(a), 40(11), 41E, 51(1) and (2)(i), and 52(4) of, and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4B to, the Child Support Act 1991(1):

A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 52(2)(2) and (2A)(b)(3) of the Child Support Act 1991.

(1)

1991 c. 48 (“the 1991 Act”). Section 14 was amended by paragraph 9 of the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (2012/2007). Section 14(1) was amended by sections 12 and 26 of, and paragraphs 11(1) and 11(7) of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (2000 c.19) (“the 2000 Act”). Section 14(1) was further amended by sections 58 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (2008 c.6) (“the 2008 Act”). Section 14(3) was amended by section 86(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 27(b) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the Social Security Act 1998 (1998 c.14), section 13(4) of, and paragraphs 1, 10(1) and (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to, the 2008 Act and S.I. 2012/2007. Sections 32C(2)(K), 32F(1)(b) and 32J(2)(e) were amended by S.I. 2012/2007. Section 39B was inserted by section 27 of the 2008 Act. Section 41E was inserted by section 33 of the 2008 Act. Schedule 4B was substituted by section 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2000 Act, and has been brought into effect only for the types of cases specified in article 3 of the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No.12) Order S.I. 2003/192. See the definition of “prescribed” in section 54.

(2)

Section 52(2) was substituted by section 25 of the 2000 Act, amended by sections 57, 58 of, paragraph 1(22) of Schedule 7, Schedule 8 and section 102 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(3)

Section 52(2A) was substituted by section 57 of, and paragraphs 1(22)(b) and (23) of Schedule 7 to, the 2008 Act.