The Child Support Fees Regulations 2014
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2014/612 |
| Year | 2014 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014.(2) In these Regulations—For the purposes of this Part— (1) On making an application for child support maintenance a fee of £20 is payable to the Secretary of State by the person making the application, whether or not a maintenance calculation is made under the 1991 Act as a result of that application.(2) For the purposes of section 11(1) and (2) (maintenance calculations) of the 1991 Act (1) The application fee shall be waived where the person making the application for child support maintenance (“A”) satisfies one or both of paragraphs (2) and (3) .(2) A is under the age of 19 years at the time of making the application for child support maintenance.is in the opinion of the Secretary of State a victim of domestic violence or abuse has reported the domestic violence or abuse to an appropriate person; andat the time of making the application for child support maintenance, orwhere the Secretary of State provides A with a written declaration to complete, in that written declaration (provided payment of the application fee has not been made prior to the date on which that declaration is returned to the Secretary of State) .(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) , “appropriate person” means a person specified in “Guidance on regulation 4(3) of the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014: List of persons to whom an applicant must have reported domestic violence or abuse” published by the Secretary of State in December 2013 .after the application for child support maintenance is made; and before a maintenance calculation under the 1991 Act is made, For the purposes of this Part— the non-resident parent; andthe person in receipt of child support maintenance,subject to sub-paragraph (b) , 20% of the daily amount;where there is more than one person in receipt of child support maintenance in relation to that non-resident parent, in respect of each person in receipt of child support maintenance, 20% of the alternative daily amount.(3) The amount of the collection fee payable by a person in receipt of child support maintenance is 4% of any payment of child support maintenance in relation to which there are arrangements for collection, which the Secretary of State has collected and which would otherwise be paid to that person.(4) In this regulation—For the purposes of this Part—
- “the 1991 Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;
- “the 2008 Act” means the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008;
- “non-resident parent” has the meaning given in section 3(2) (meaning of certain terms) of the 1991 Act .
- “alternative daily amount” means the alternative weekly amount divided by 7;
- “alternative weekly amount” means the weekly amount of child support maintenance that the non-resident parent is liable to pay in respect of the person in receipt of child support maintenance in question and in relation to which there are arrangements for collection;
- “daily amount” means the weekly amount divided by 7;
- “weekly amount” means the weekly amount of child support maintenance that the non-resident parent is liable to pay and in relation to which there are arrangements for collection.
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