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These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Maintenance Calculation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 19th July 2021.
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(1) The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 75 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Child Support Order)—
(a) the existing text shall be paragraph (1);
(b) at the beginning of paragraph (1) for “The prescribed” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed”; and
(c) after paragraph (1) insert—“
(2) A person does not satisfy the condition referred to in paragraph (1) where the person is—
(a) engaged in remunerative work in any week during a prescribed period; or
(b) in receipt of other financial support in any week.
(3) Case 2.1(b)(i) in regulation 7(2) (qualifying young person: terminal dates) of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (the “2006 Regulations”) is to be read as if at the beginning, there were inserted “the week in which”.
(4) In this regulation—
 “other financial support” means any of the types of financial support specified in regulation 8(2) (child benefit not payable in respect of a qualifying young person: other financial support) of the 2006 Regulations;
 “prescribed period” is the period found in accordance with cases 1 and 2 of regulation 7(2) of the 2006 Regulations (as modified in respect of case 2.1(b)(i) by paragraph (3) of this regulation);
 “remunerative work” has the meaning given in regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the 2006 Regulations
 “week” has the meaning given in the 2006 Regulations.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 28th June 2021
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
