The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992

22.—[F1(1)] Where a benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act includes an adult or child dependency increase in respect of a relevant child, the relevant income of that child shall be calculated or estimated as if it included that amount.

[F2(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an addition to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance under [F3regulation 10(4)] of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations [F41996] shall be treated as a dependency increase included with a benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act.]

[F5(1B) (a) Where a war disablement pension includes a dependency allowance paid in respect of a relevant child, the relevant income of that child shall be calculated or estimated as if it included that amount.

(b)For the purposes of this paragraph, a “war disablement pension” includes [F6a war widow's pension, a war widower's pension and a surviving civil partner's war pension], a payment made to compensate for non-payment of such a pension, and a pension or payment analogous to such a pension or payment paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain.]

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 22(1A) substituted (6.4.1999) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/977), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(g)(i) (with reg. 7)

F4Word in Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 22(1A) substituted (6.4.1999) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/977), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(g)(ii) (with reg. 7)