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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/19/body/2001-10-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/body" NumberOfProvisions="136" RestrictStartDate="2000-07-28"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/19/part/I/2001-10-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="47" RestrictEndDate="2014-05-16" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2000-07-28" id="part-I"><Number>Part I</Number><Title> Child Support</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/19/part/I/crossheading/miscellaneous/2001-10-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/part/I/crossheading/miscellaneous" NumberOfProvisions="12" RestrictEndDate="2014-05-16" RestrictStartDate="2000-07-28" id="part-I-crossheading-miscellaneous"><Title> Miscellaneous</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2000-11-10"><Title> Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/19/section/21/2001-10-15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/21" id="section-21"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c18701021"/>21</Pnumber><P1para><Text>For section 43 of the 1991 Act (contribution to maintenance by deduction from benefit) there shall be substituted—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P1group><Title> Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit.</Title><P1><Pnumber>43</Pnumber><P1para><P2><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section applies where—</Text><P3><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>a non-resident parent is liable to pay a flat rate of child support maintenance (or would be so liable but for a variation having been agreed to), and that rate applies (or would have applied) because he falls within paragraph 4(1)(b) or (c) or 4(2) of Schedule 1; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>such conditions as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section are satisfied.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under section 5 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11420861"/>Social Security Administration Act 1992 by virtue of subsection (1)(p)
								(deductions from benefits) may be exercised in relation to cases to which this section applies with a view to securing that payments in respect of child support maintenance are made or that arrears of child support maintenance are recovered.</Text></P2para></P2><P2><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of this section, the benefits to which section 5 of the 1992 Act applies are to be taken as including war disablement pensions and war widows’ pensions (within the meaning of section 150 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11420871"/>Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (interpretation)).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></BlockAmendment></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c18701021" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00176" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/21" SectionRef="section-21">S. 21</CitationSubRef> partly in force; <CitationSubRef id="c00177" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/21" SectionRef="section-21">s. 21</CitationSubRef> not in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="c00178" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/86/2" SectionRef="section-86-2">s. 86(2)</CitationSubRef>; <CitationSubRef id="c00179" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/21" SectionRef="section-21">s. 21</CitationSubRef> in force for certain purposes at 10.11.2000 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2994" id="c00180" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="2994">S.I. 2000/2994</Citation> art. 2; <CitationSubRef id="c00181" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/19/section/21" SectionRef="section-21">s. 21</CitationSubRef> in force for certain further purposes at 3.3.2003 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/192" id="c00182" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="192">S.I. 2003/192</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00183" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/192/article/3" CitationRef="c00182" SectionRef="article-3" Operative="true">art. 3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00184" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/192/schedule" CitationRef="c00182" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11420861" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/5" id="c00185" Year="1992" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="5">1992 c. 5</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11420871" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/4" id="c00186" Year="1992" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="4">1992 c. 4</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>