Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 19925

1

The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 199210 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

2

In Schedule 1 (calculation of N and M), in paragraph 1(1), after head (g) insert—

gg

any statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of the Contributions and Benefits Act or any statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act11;

3

After paragraph 36 of Schedule 2 (amounts to be disregarded when calculating or estimating N and M) insert—

36A

Any sum in respect of financial assistance given, or given under arrangements made, by the Secretary of State (in relation to England) or the National Assembly for Wales (in relation to Wales) under section 14 of the Education Act 200212 (power of Secretary of State and National Assembly for Wales to give financial assistance for purposes related to education), to a child.

4

In Schedule 3B (amount to be allowed in respect of travelling costs)13—

a

in paragraph 1 for the definition of “straight-line distance” substitute—

  • “straight-line distance” means the straight-line distance measured in kilometres and calculated to 2 decimal places, and, where that distance is not a whole number of kilometres, rounded to the nearest whole number of kilometres, a distance which exceeds a whole number of kilometres by 0.50 of a kilometre being rounded up;

b

in paragraphs 7, 14 and 20—

i

for “150”, wherever it appears, substitute “240”; and

ii

for “10 pence”, wherever it appears, substitute “6 pence”;

c

in paragraph 8(1) and (2) for “13”, wherever it appears, substitute “14”.