The Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2678
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force as set out below.

(2) This regulation comes into force on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 comes into force for the first time.

(3) Regulation 2 (change to calculation of the basic rate) comes into force in relation to a particular case on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 comes into force in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into force.

(4) Regulation 3 (minimum amount of liability where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement) comes into force in relation to a particular case on the day on which paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 comes into force in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into force.

Section 2 Change to calculation of the basic rate

In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 shall have effect as if, for “12%”, “16%” and “19%” in that sub-paragraph, there were substituted “11%”, “14%” and “16%” respectively.

Section 3 Minimum amount of liability where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement

In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5A shall have effect as if for “£7” in that sub-paragraph there were substituted “£5”.