Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Citation2008 NI c 10
Year2008
(a) taking responsibility for the maintenance of their children, and(b) making appropriate arrangements for the maintenance of children of theirs who live apart from them.(1) The Department must provide to parents such information and guidance as it thinks appropriate for the purpose of helping to secure the existence of effective maintenance arrangements for children who live apart from one or both of their parents.(2) The Department may provide information for other purposes in the course of exercising its function under subsection (1) .(1) The Department may by regulations make provision about the charging of fees by the Department in connection with the exercise of its functions relating to child support.about when a fee may be charged;about the amount which may be charged;for the supply of information needed for the purpose of determining the amount which may be charged;about who is liable to pay any fee charged F1(including provision for the apportionment of fees and the matters to be taken into account in determining an apportionment) ;about when any fee charged is payable;about the recovery of fees charged;about about waiver of fees (including the matters to be taken into account in determining a waiver) .(3) The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power to make provision for the charging of fees which are not related to costs.(3A) The Department must review the effect of the first regulations made under subsection (1) .(3B) The review must take place before the end of the period of 30 months beginning with the day on which those regulations come into operation.the conclusions of the review; anda statement as to what the Department proposes to do in view of those conclusions.(3D) The report must be laid before the Assembly by the Department.the collection of child support maintenance,the enforcement of any obligation to pay child support maintenance,(5) The Department may by regulations make provision for a person affected by a decision of the Department under regulations under subsection (1) to have a right of appeal against the decision to an appeal tribunal.(6) Paragraphs (3) to (5) , (7) and (8) of Article 22 of the Child Support Order (appeals to appeal tribunals) apply to appeals under regulations under subsection (5) as they apply to appeals under that Article.any functions of one of them to be exercised on their behalf by, or by members of staff of, the other;the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by one of them for the other.(2) The reference in subsection (1) (a) to functions does not include functions of making, confirming or approving statutory rules.(3) The Department may make arrangements under this section on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.any Northern Ireland department;a public body specified in regulations made by the Department for the purposes of this section.(5) For the purposes of this section, functions of the Department are functions relating to child support.(1) Any function relating to child support may be

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