Citation, commencement and revocation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Maintenance Calculation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021 and, subject to paragraph (2), come into force on 11th July 2021.

(2) Regulations 3 and 4 come into force on 19th July 2021.

(3)The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement and Maintenance Calculation) (Amendment) Regulations 2021( 2 ) are revoked.

Extent and Application

2. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2) these Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

(2) Regulation 3(3) and (7) (and regulation 3(1) in so far as it relates to those provisions) extends to England and Wales only.

(3) The remainder of regulation 3 applies in relation to England and Wales only.

Amendment of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

3. —(1)The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992( 3 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 29 (liability orders) omit paragraph (1).

(3) In regulation 34 (warrant of commitment) omit paragraph (1).

(4) In regulation 35 (disqualification from driving order) omit paragraph (4)( 4 ).

(5) In regulation 35A (disqualification for holding or obtaining a United Kingdom passport) omit paragraph (4)( 5 ).

(6) Omit Schedule 1 (liability order prescribed form).

(7) Omit Schedule 3 (form of warrant of commitment).

(8) Omit Schedule 4 (form of order of disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence).

(9) Omit Schedule 5 (form of order of disqualification for holding or obtaining a United Kingdom passport).

Amendment of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012

4. —(1)The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012( 6 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 76 (meaning of “child” for the purpose of the 1991 Act)—

(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 ( 7 ) (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 in 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 in the 2006 Regulations. ” .