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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) and Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th April 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 13 (minimum amount)—
(a) in paragraph (1) after “the minimum amount shall be” there shall be inserted “2 multiplied by”;
(b) in paragraph (2) for “an amount” there shall be substituted “the 5 per centum amount”.
(3) In Schedule 2 (amounts to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 19(1) for “£10·00” there shall be substituted “up to £20·00”;
(b) in paragraph 20(1) for “£10·00” in the three places in which it occurs there shall be substituted “£20·00”.
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A maintenance assessment in force on 8th April 1996 shall not be reviewed solely to give effect to regulation 2(3) but, on a review of that assessment under Article 18, 19 or 20 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, the provisions of that regulation shall have effect from the effective date of any fresh maintenance assessment made following that review.
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In paragraph 7A of Schedule 8A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (payments in place of payments of child support maintenance)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (2)—
(i) for “Subject to sub-paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;
(ii) after “weekly amount” there shall be inserted “, as prescribed by regulation 28(2) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 for the purposes of Article 40(2)(a) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991,”;
(iii) the words “equal to 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years” shall be omitted;
(b) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(3A) Where, apart from the provisions of this sub-paragraph, the provisions of paragraphs 8(2) and 9 would result in the maximum aggregate amount payable equalling 2 times 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years, the amount of specified benefit to be paid under this paragraph shall be one half of the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2).”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
W. G. Purdy
Assistant Secretary
6th March 1996.