Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Citation2000 NI c 4
Year2000
(1) In the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 23) (in this Act referred to as the Child Support Order) , for Article 13 (maintenance assessments) there shall be substituted—
    (13) Maintenance calculations
  • “(1) An application for a maintenance calculation made to the Department shall be dealt with by it in accordance with the provision made by or under this Order.
  • (2) The Department shall (unless it decides not to make a maintenance calculation in response to the application, or makes a decision under Article 14) determine the application by making a decision under this Article about whether any child support maintenance is payable and, if so, how much.
  • (3) Where—
  • (a) a parent is treated under Article 9(3) as having applied for a maintenance calculation; but
  • (b) the Department becomes aware before determining the application that the parent has ceased to fall within Article 9(1) ,
  • it shall, subject to paragraph (4) , cease to treat that parent as having applied for a maintenance calculation.
An application for a maintenance calculation made to the Department shall be dealt with by it in accordance with the provision made by or under this Order.The Department shall (unless it decides not to make a maintenance calculation in response to the application, or makes a decision under Article 14) determine the application by making a decision under this Article about whether any child support maintenance is payable and, if so, how much.a parent is treated under Article 9(3) as having applied for a maintenance calculation; butthe Department becomes aware before determining the application that the parent has ceased to fall within Article 9(1) ,notify that parent of the effect of this paragraph; andif, before the end of the period of one month beginning with and including the day on which notice was sent to the parent with care, that parent asks the Department to do so, treat that parent as having applied not under Article 9 but under Article 7.

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