Power to treat liability as satisfied
22. After Article 38B of the Child Support Order insert—
“Power to treat liability as satisfied
38C.—(1) The Department may by regulations—
(a)make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off liabilities to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies;
(b)make provision enabling the Department in prescribed circumstances to set off against a person’s liability to pay child support maintenance to which this Article applies a payment made by the person which is of a prescribed description.
(2) Liability to pay child support maintenance shall be treated as satisfied to the extent that it is the subject of setting off under regulations under paragraph (1).
(3) In paragraph (1), the references to child support maintenance to which this Article applies are to child support maintenance for the collection of which the Department is authorised to make arrangements.”.