Statutory Rule 2001 No. 24

The Child Support (Variations) (Modification of Statutory Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

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(a) in paragraph (1) for "Where an application for a maintenance calculation is made under Article 7, or treated as made under Article 9" there shall be substituted "Where a maintenance calculation other than an interim maintenance decision is in force"; and

(b) paragraph (3) shall be omitted.

    (3) In Article 28B(2) (preliminary consideration of applications) - 

(a) for "(and proceed to make its decision on the application for a maintenance calculation without any variation)" there shall be substituted "(and proceed to revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19[4] respectively without taking the variation into account, or not revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19)"; and

(b) sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

    (4) In Article 28C (imposition of regular payments condition) - 

(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraph (b) and the word "also" shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a) for "interim maintenance decision" there shall be substituted "maintenance calculation in force";

(c) in paragraph (4) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 


" (a) when in response to the application for a variation the Department has revised or superseded a decision under Article 18 or 19 respectively (whether it agrees to a variation or not) or not revised or superseded a decision under Article 18 or 19;"; and



(d) in paragraph (5) for the words from "make" to the end there shall be substituted "revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19 respectively, or not revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19, as if the application had failed".

    (5) In Article 28D(1)(a) (determination of applications) for "under Article 13 or 14(1)" there shall be substituted "under Article 18 or 19".

    (6) In Article 28F (agreement to a variation) - 

(a) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    " (3) The Department shall not agree to a variation (and shall proceed to revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19 respectively without taking the variation into account, or not revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19) if it is satisfied that prescribed circumstances apply.";

(b) in paragraph (4) - 


(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the words after "application" where it first appears shall be omitted;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 


" (b) revise or supersede a decision under Article 18 or 19 respectively on that basis.", and



(c) paragraph (5) shall be omitted.

    (7) In Schedule 4A (applications for a variation) in paragraph 5(1) "application for a" shall be omitted.

    (8) In Schedule 4B (applications for a variation: the cases and controls) - 

(a) in paragraph 2(3) - 


(i) in heads (a), (d) and (e) for "the application for a maintenance calculation has been made (or treated as made)" there shall be substituted "there is a maintenance calculation in force";

(ii) in head (c) for "has been applied for (or treated as having been applied for)" there shall be substituted "is in force";



(b) in paragraph 3 - 



(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for "the application for the maintenance calculation" there shall be substituted "the maintenance calculation in force" and for "that application was made" there shall be substituted "that maintenance calculation is in force";

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) for "the application for a maintenance calculation" there shall be substituted "the maintenance calculation in force".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on


23rd January 2001.

L.S.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development

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These Regulations are made in connection with applications for variations to the rate of child support maintenance payable under the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ("the Order") consequent upon the introduction of changes to the child support system made by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 ("the Act").

The Regulations contain modifications to Articles 28A to 28F of, and Schedules 4A and 4B to, the Order for the purpose of variation applications made under Article 28G of the Order, as authorised by Article 28G(2) of the Order. Variation applications made under Article 28G of the Order are made where there is a maintenance calculation in force.

Article 28G(2) of the Order, the enabling provision under which these Regulations are made, was substituted by section 7 of the Act. Section 7 of the Act, in so far as not already in operation, was brought into operation on 1st January 2001 by virtue of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 358 (C. 16)).

The impact on business of these Regulations was covered in the Regulatory Impact Assessment for the Act, in accordance with, and in consequence of which, these Regulations are made. A copy of that Assessment may be obtained free of charge, from Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SQ.

[2] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back

[3] Articles 28A to 28C and 28F were substituted by section 5 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Schedules 4A and 4B were substituted by section 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. Articles 28D and 28E were inserted by Article 3(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13)) and were amended by section 5(3) and (4) respectively of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000back

[4] Articles 18 and 19 were substituted by Articles 40 and 41 respectively of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))back