UK Act of Parliament 1991 c. 2628 United Kingdom

The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

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In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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s.art031 Deduction from earnings orders Regulated
  • Comply with deduction from earnings orders for child support maintenanceEmployer
s.art032 Orders for regular deductions from accounts Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department may order regular deductions from your bank account for unpaid child maintenanceCrown / Minister / Government department
91 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Title and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Meaning of “child”
s.art004 Meaning of certain other terms used in this Order
s.art005 The duty to maintain
s.art006 Welfare of children: the general principle
s.art007 Child support maintenance
s.art008 Child support maintenance: supplemental provisions
s.art009 Applications by those claiming or receiving benefit
s.art010 Role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children
s.art011 Agreements about maintenance
s.art012 Relationship between maintenance calculations and certain court orders and related matters
s.art013 Maintenance calculations
s.art014 Default and interim maintenance decisions
s.art016 Information required by the Department
s.art016 Information - offences
s.art017 Powers of inspectors
s.art018 Revision of decisions
s.art019 Decisions superseding earlier decisions
s.art020 Reviews of decisions of child support officers
s.art021 Reviews at instigation of child support officers
s.art022 Appeals to appeal tribunals
s.art022 Lapse of appeals
s.art023 Child support appeal tribunals
s.art024 Matters concerning Child Support Commissioners
s.art024 Redetermination of appeals
s.art025 Appeal to Child Support Commissioner
s.art026 Appeal from Child Support Commissioner on question of law
s.art027 Disputes about parentage
s.art027 Recovery of fees for scientific tests
s.art028 Applications for declaration of parentage under Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
s.art028 Application for variation of usual rules for calculating maintenance
s.art028 Preliminary consideration of applications
s.art028 Imposition of regular payments condition
s.art028 Determination of applications
s.art028 Matters to be taken into account
s.art028 Agreement to a variation
s.art028 Variations: revision and supersession
s.art028 Departure directions: decisions and appeals
s.art028 Transitional provisions
s.art028 Voluntary Payments
s.art028 Decisions involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases
s.art028 Appeals involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases
s.art028 Restrictions on liability in certain cases of error
s.art028 Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions
s.art029 Collection of child support maintenance
s.art030 Collection and enforcement of other forms of maintenance
s.art032 Regulations about deduction from earnings orders
s.art032 Orders under Article 32A: joint accounts
s.art032 Regulations about orders under Article 32A
s.art032 Orders under Article 32A: offences
s.art032 Lump sum deductions: interim orders
s.art032 Lump sum deductions: final order
s.art032 Orders under Articles 32E and 32F: freezing of accounts etc.
s.art032 Orders under Article 32F: deductions and payments
s.art032 Power to disapply Articles 32G(1) and (2) and 32H(2)(b) and (4)(b)
s.art032 Regulations about orders under Article 32E or 32F
s.art032 Lump sum deduction orders: offences
s.art032 Orders preventing avoidance
s.art033 Liability orders
s.art034 Regulations about liability orders
s.art035 Enforcement of liability orders
s.art036 Enforcement in Northern Ireland of English and Scottish liability orders
s.art036 Commitment to prison and disqualification from driving
s.art037 Commitment to prison
s.art037 Disqualification from driving: further provision
s.art038 Arrears of child support maintenance
s.art038 Penalty payments
s.art038 Repayment of overpaid child support maintenance
s.art038 Power to treat liability as satisfied
s.art038 Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction
s.art038 Power to write off arrears
s.art039 Special cases
s.art040 Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit
s.art040 Recovery of arrears from deceased's estate
s.art041 Jurisdiction
s.art042 Jurisdiction of courts in certain proceedings under this Order
s.art043 Reduced benefit decisions
s.art043 Finality of decisions
s.art043 Matters arising as respects decisions
s.art044 Fees
s.art045 Conduct of proceedings
s.art045 Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies
s.art046 Unauthorised disclosure of information
s.art047 Supplementary powers to make regulations
s.art047 Pilot schemes
s.art048 Regulations and orders
s.art049 Co-ordination with Great Britain
s.art050 Application to Crown
s.art051 Amendments, etc.
s.paragraph/p2 Art. 15 rep. by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
Schedules

Schedules

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37 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) Subject to paragraph 5A, the weekly rate of child...
s.sch001 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, gross weekly income...
s.sch001 (1) The Department may by regulations provide that—
s.sch001 The Department may by regulations provide that, in such circumstances...
s.sch001 (1) References in this Part to “qualifying children” are to...
s.sch001 (1) A maintenance calculation shall take effect on such date...
s.sch001 Every maintenance calculation shall be made in such form and...
s.sch001 The Department may by regulations provide— (a) for 2 or...
s.sch001 Where the Department is satisfied that the circumstances of a...
s.sch001 (1) A maintenance calculation shall cease to have effect—
s.sch001 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the basic rate is the...
s.sch001 (1) A reduced rate is payable if—
s.sch001 (1) Except in a case falling within sub-paragraph (2), a...
s.sch001 The rate payable is nil if the non-resident parent—
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the non-resident parent is...
s.sch001 (1) If the non-resident parent has more than one qualifying...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where the rate of child support...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies only if— (a) the rate of...
s.sch001 (1) The Department may by regulations provide for—
s.sch004 (1) The Lord Chancellor may make such regulations with respect...
s.sch004 (1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide—
s.sch004 (1) If it appears to the Chief Child Support Commissioner...
s.sch004 (1) Subject to Article 26 the decision of any Child...
s.sch004 (1) The Lord Chancellor may pay to any person who...
s.sch004 The Department of Justice shall pay, or make such payments...
s.sch004a In this Schedule, “regulations” means regulations made by the Department....
s.sch004a Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be...
s.sch004a Regulations may provide for determining when the preliminary consideration of...
s.sch004a If any information which is required (by regulations under this...
s.sch004a (1) Regulations may provide for two or more applications for...
s.sch004b (1) The cases in which a variation may be agreed...
s.sch004b (1) A variation applied for by a non-resident parent may...
s.sch004b (1) A variation may be agreed in the circumstances set...
s.sch004b (1) The Department may by regulations prescribe other cases in...
s.sch004b (1) The Department may by regulations make provision with respect...
s.sch004b The Department may by regulations provide for the application, in...
s.sch005 In Article 255(5)(b) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989...

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