The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992

Notification of a new or a fresh maintenance assessment

10.—(1) Where a child support officer makes a new or a fresh maintenance assessment following—

(a) an application under section 4, 6 or 7 of the Act; or

(b) a review under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 of the Act,

he shall immediately notify the relevant persons, so far as that is reasonably practicable, of the amount of the child support maintenance under that assessment.

(2) A notification under paragraph (1) shall set out, in relation to the maintenance assessment in question—

(a) the maintenance requirement;

(b) the effective date of the assessment;

(c) the absent parent’s assessable income and, where relevant, his protected income level;

(d) the assessable income of a parent with care;

(e) details as to the minimum amount of child support maintenance payable by virtue of regulations made under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act; and

(f) details as to apportionment where a case is to be treated as a special case for the purposes of the Act under section 42 of the Act.

(3) Except where a person gives written permission to the Secretary of State that the information, in relation to him, mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) below may be conveyed to other persons, any document given or sent under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) shall not contain—

(a) the address of any person other than the recipient of the document in question (other than the address of the office of the child support officer concerned) or any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any such person being located;

(b) any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any person, other than a qualifying child or a relevant person, being identified.

(4) A notification under paragraph (1) shall include information as to the following provisions—

(a) where a new maintenance assessment is made following an application under the Act or a fresh maintenance assessment is made following a review under section 16 of the Act, sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Act;

(b) where a fresh maintenance assessment is made following a review under section 17 of the Act, or following a review under section 19 of the Act where the child support officer conducting such a review is satisfied that if an application were to be made under section 17 of the Act it would be appropriate to make a fresh maintenance assessment, sections 16 and 18 of the Act;

(c) where a fresh maintenance assessment is made following a review under section 18 of the Act, or following a review under section 19 of the Act where the child support officer conducting such a review is satisfied that if an application were to be made under section 18 of the Act, it would be appropriate to make a fresh maintenance assessment, sections 16, 17 and 20 of the Act.