Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 2678
Family Law
Child Support
The Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations 2012
Made
23rd October 2012
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(4) of, and paragraph 10A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 1991( 1 ):
A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 52(2)( 2 ) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. —(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( 3 ) 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.
Change to calculation of the basic rate
2. In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2( 4 ) shall have effect as if, for “12%”, “16%” and “19%” in that sub-paragraph, there were substituted “11%”, “14%” and “16%” respectively.
Minimum amount of liability where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement
3. In Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5A( 5 ) shall have effect as if for “£7” in that sub-paragraph there were substituted “£5”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Steve Webb
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
23rd October 2012
1991 c. 48 . Schedule 1 was substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) , section 1(3); paragraph 10A(1) was amended by the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6) (”the 2008 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 1(30).
Section 52(2) was substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) , section 25.
1991 c. 48 . Paragraph 2 was substituted by the 2008 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 3.
Paragraph 5A was inserted by the 2008 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 5.