PART V MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

27 Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000
1 The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
S.I. 2001/155; the relevant amending Instrument is S.I. 2002/1204.
2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), after the definition of “self-employed earner” insert the following definition—

““state pension credit” means the social security benefit of that name payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;”

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3 In regulation 4 (flat rate), in paragraph (2), at the end, add—

“and
(c) state pension credit.”

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4 In regulation 5 (nil rate), after paragraph (g), insert—

“(gg) a patient in hospital who is in receipt of state pension credit and in respect of whom paragraph 2(1) of Schedule III to the State Pension Credit Regulations (patient for at least 13 but not exceeding 52 weeks) applies;
S.I. 2002/1792.”

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