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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 2A.Use of electronic communications

    4. 3.Meaning of “calculation decision”

    5. 4.Meaning of “latest available tax year”

    6. 5.Calculation – information applicable

    7. 6.Rounding

    8. 7.Service of documents

    9. 8.Authorisation of representative

  3. PART 2 APPLICATION FOR A MAINTENANCE CALCULATION

    1. 9.Applications under section 4 or 7 of the 1991 Act

    2. 10.Multiple applications

    3. 11.Notice of application

  4. PART 3 DECISION MAKING

    1. CHAPTER 1 MAKING THE MAINTENANCE CALCULATION

      1. 12.Initial effective date

      2. 13.Effect of variation applied for before a maintenance calculation is made

    2. CHAPTER 2 REVISION

      1. 14.Grounds for revision

      2. 14A.Consideration of revision before appeal

      3. 15.Late application for a revision

      4. 16.Effective date of a revision

    3. CHAPTER 3 SUPERSESSION

      1. 17.Grounds for supersession

      2. 18.Effective dates for supersession decisions

    4. CHAPTER 4 UPDATING GROSS WEEKLY INCOME

      1. 19.Setting the review date

      2. 20.Updating gross weekly income at the review date

      3. 21.Updating unearned income at the review date

      4. 22.Periodic current income check

      5. 23.25% tolerance for changes outside annual review or periodic current income check

    5. CHAPTER 5 NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS

      1. 24.Notification – general

      2. 25.Notification of a maintenance calculation

      3. 26.Notification of a revision or supersession

      4. 27.Notification of cessation of a maintenance calculation

    6. Chapter5A Accidental errors

      1. 27A.Correction of accidental errors

    7. CHAPTER 6 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATING TO APPEALS

      1. 28.Decisions involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases

      2. 29.Child support appeals involving issues that arise in other cases

      3. 30.Tribunal decision made pending outcome of a related appeal

      4. 31.Supersession of tribunal decision made in error due to misrepresentation etc.

      5. 32.Supersession of look alike case where law reinterpreted by the Upper Tribunal or a court

      6. 33.Procedural matters relating to appeals

  5. PART 4 THE MAINTENANCE CALCULATION RULES

    1. CHAPTER 1 DETERMINATION OF GROSS WEEKLY INCOME

      1. 34.The general rule for determining gross weekly income

      2. 35.Historic income – general

      3. 36.Historic income – the HMRC figure

      4. 37.Current income – general

      5. 38.Current income as an employee or office-holder

      6. 39.Current income from self-employment

      7. 40.Deduction for pension contributions relievable at source

      8. 41.Current income from a pension

      9. 42.Estimate of current income where insufficient information available

    2. CHAPTER 2 RATES OF CHILD SUPPORT MAINTENANCE

      1. 43.Reduced Rate

      2. 44.Flat Rate

      3. 45.Nil rate

      4. 46.Decrease for shared care

      5. 47.Assumption as to number of nights of shared care

      6. 48.Non-resident parent party to another maintenance arrangement

    3. CHAPTER 3 DEFAULT MAINTENANCE DECISIONS

      1. 49.Default rate

    4. CHAPTER 4 SPECIAL CASES

      1. 50.Parent treated as a non-resident parent in shared care cases

      2. 51.Child in care who is allowed to live with their parent

      3. 52.Non-resident parent liable to maintain a child of the family or a child abroad

      4. 53.Care provided in part by a local authority

      5. 54.Care provided for relevant other child by a local authority

      6. 55.Child who is a boarder or an in-patient in hospital

  6. PART 5 VARIATIONS

    1. CHAPTER 1 GENERAL

      1. 56.Application for a variation

      2. 57.Rejection of an application following preliminary consideration

      3. 58.Provision of information

      4. 59.Procedure in relation to a variation

      5. 60.Factors not taken into account for the purposes of section 28F

      6. 61.Procedure on revision or supersession of a previously determined variation

      7. 62.Regular payments condition

    2. CHAPTER 2 GROUNDS FOR VARIATION: SPECIAL EXPENSES

      1. 63.Contact costs

      2. 64.Illness or disability of relevant other child

      3. 65.Prior debts

      4. 66.Boarding school fees

      5. 67.Payments in respect of certain mortgages, loans or insurance policies

      6. 68.Thresholds

    3. CHAPTER 3 GROUNDS FOR VARIATION: ADDITIONAL INCOME

      1. 69.Non-resident parent with unearned income

      2. 69A.Assets exceeding a prescribed value

      3. 70.Non-resident parent on a flat rate or nil rate with gross weekly income

      4. 71.Diversion of income

    4. CHAPTER 4 EFFECT OF VARIATION ON THE MAINTENANCE CALCULATION

      1. 72.Effect on the maintenance calculation – special expenses

      2. 73.Effect on the maintenance calculation – additional income grounds

      3. 74.Effect on maintenance calculation – general

      4. 75.Situations in which a variation previously agreed to may be taken into account in calculating maintenance liability

  7. PART 6 MEANING OF TERMS IN THE 1991 ACT

    1. 76.Meaning of “child” for the purposes of the 1991 Act

    2. 77. Meaning of “relevant other child” for the purposes of the 1991 Act

    3. 78.Persons who are not persons with care

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Electronic Communications

      1. PART 1 Use of Electronic Communications

        1. 1.Use of electronic communications

        2. 2.Conditions for the use of electronic communications

        3. 3.Use of intermediaries

      2. PART 2 Evidential provisions

        1. 4.Proof of delivery

        2. 5.Proof of identity

        3. 6.Proof of content

        4. 7.Interpretation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      APPEALS: PROCEDURAL MATTERS

      1. 1.Appeal against a decision which has been replaced or revised

      2. 2.Late appeals

      3. 3.Notice of Appeal

      4. 4.Death of a party to an appeal

  10. Explanatory Note