Scope – devolved competence3.

This Order applies in respect of a claim for the recovery of maintenance unless the Secretary of State would have had jurisdiction to make a maintenance calculation (within the meaning of the Child Support Act 19914) as regards that maintenance with respect to a child–

(a)

who is the applicant claiming the maintenance; or

(b)

where the applicant claiming the maintenance is another person in relation to whom the Secretary of State has arranged for the collection of payments for that child’s benefit.