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[F1SCHEDULE 9BE+W+SDEDUCTIONS FROM BENEFIT IN RESPECT OF CHILD SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND PAYMENT TO PERSONS WITH CARE

ArrearsE+W+S

3.(1) F2..., the Secretary of State may deduct the sum of [F3£8.40] per week from a specified benefit which the beneficiary has been awarded andF4... pay the amount deducted to or among the person or persons with care in discharge (in whole or in part) of the beneficiary’s liability to pay arrears of maintenance[F5, and retain any amount deducted in discharge of any liability to pay a fee].

[F6(1A) No deduction may be made under sub-paragraph (1) if the beneficiary is liable to pay maintenance.]

F7(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8(3) In sub-paragraph (1) “maintenance” means child support maintenance as defined by section 3(6) of the Act—

(a)before the amendment of the definition of such maintenance by section 1(2)(a) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000;

(b)after the amendment of the definition; or

(c)both before and after the amendment of the definition,

and includes maintenance payable at a transitional rate in accordance with regulations made under section 29(3)(a) of that Act.]]