Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (2008 c. 6)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (2008 c. 6)
- Part 1 The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
- 1 The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
- 2 Objectives of the Commission
- 3 Functions of the Commission: general
- 4 Promotion of child maintenance
- 5 Provision of information and guidance
- 6 Fees
- 7 Agency arrangements and provision of services
- 8 Contracting out
- 9 Annual report to Secretary of State
- 10 Directions and guidance
- 11 Review of the status of the Commission
- 12 Supplementary provisions
- Part 2 Transfer of child support functions etc. to the Commission
- 13 Transfer of child support functions
- 14 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
- Part 3 Child support etc.
- Removal of compulsion for benefit claimants
- 15 Repeal of sections 6 and 46
- Maintenance calculations
- 16 Changes to the calculation of maintenance
- 17 Power to regulate supersession
- 18 Determination of applications for a variation
- 19 Transfer of cases to new rules
- Collection and enforcement
- 20 Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment
- 21 Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person's earnings
- 22 Orders for regular deductions from accounts
- 23 Lump sum deduction orders
- 24 Orders preventing avoidance
- 25 Administrative liability orders
- 26 Enforcement in county courts
- 27 Disqualification for holding or obtaining travel authorisation
- 28 Curfew orders
- 29 Commitment to prison
- 30 Disqualification for driving
- Debt management powers
- 31 Power to treat liability as satisfied
- 32 Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction
- 33 Power to write off arrears
- 34 Transfer of arrears
- Miscellaneous
- 35 Registered maintenance agreements: Scotland
- 36 Offence of failing to notify change of address
- 37 Additional special case
- 38 Recovery of arrears from deceased's estate
- 39 Disclosure of information relating to family proceedings
- 40 Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies
- 41 Pilot schemes
- 42 Meaning of “child”
- 43 Extinction of liability in respect of interest and fees
- 44 Use of information
- 45 Liable relative provisions: exclusion of parental duty to maintain
- Part 4 Lump sum payments: mesothelioma etc.
- Mesothelioma lump sum payments
- 46 Lump sum payments
- 47 Conditions of entitlement
- 48 Determination of claims
- 49 Reconsideration
- 50 Appeal to First-tier Tribunal
- 51 Appeal to Social Security Commissioner
- 52 Minors and people who lack capacity
- 53 Regulations: Part 4
- Recovery of mesothelioma and other lump sum payments
- 54 Amendment of Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997
- Part 5 General
- 55 Regulations and orders: general
- 56 General interpretation
- 57 Minor and consequential amendments
- 58 Repeals
- 59 Transition
- 60 Financial provisions
- 61 Extent
- 62 Commencement
- 63 Citation
- SCHEDULES
- Constitution of the Commission
- Appointment of a person to chair the Commission
- Appointment of directors
- Terms of appointment and tenure of members
- Remuneration etc. of non-executive members
- Appointment of deputy chair
- Staff
- Committees
- Procedure
- Delegation
- Instruments
- Finance
- Accounts and audit
- Non-executive functions committee
- Supplementary powers
- Status of the Commission
- Validity
- Public records
- Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
- Civil service pensions
- House of Commons disqualification
- Northern Ireland Assembly disqualification
- Freedom of information
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 3 Transfer of child support functions
- Part 1 Consequential amendments
- Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
- Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
- Part 2 Transitional provision and savings
- SCHEDULE 4 Changes to the calculation of maintenance
- Introductory
- Calculation by reference to gross weekly income
- Change to basic rate
- Increase in flat rate and minimum amounts of liability
- Applicable rate where non-resident parent party to other maintenance arrangement
- Shared care
- Weekly income
- SCHEDULE 5 Maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules
- Power to require a decision about whether to stay in the statutory scheme
- Effect on accrual of liability of exercise of power under paragraph 1
- Additional powers
- Interpretation
- Powers in relation to use of information
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- Interpretation
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- SCHEDULE 7 Minor and consequential amendments
- Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
- Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
- Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
- Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)
- Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17)
- Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)
- SCHEDULE 8 Repeals
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