Appointed days2

1

14th July 2008 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of—

a

section 7(b) (repeal of Article 433 of the 1991 Order);

b

section 35 (liable relative provisions: exclusions of parental duty to maintain);

c

Schedule 5 (repeals), so far as it relates to repeals in—

i

Articles 18(1A)(b), 19(1)(c), 22(1)(c), (2)(b) and (6), 28ZA, 28ZC and 43 of the 1991 Order, and

ii

section 18 of, and paragraphs 19(a) and 21(d) of Schedule 3 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 20004.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), 14th July 2008 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of—

a

section 7(a) (repeal of Article 9 of the 1991 Order);

b

paragraph 1(29) of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments); and

c

Schedule 5, so far as it relates to the repeals in Articles 7(10)5 and 96 of the 1991 Order.

3

Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to existing cases as defined in paragraph (4) and, insofar as Article 9 of the 1991 Order remains in operation for such cases, it shall have effect as if the reference to Article 43 in Article 9(4) were omitted.

4

In paragraph (3), an existing case is one in which, immediately before 14th July 2008, Article 9 of the 1991 Order applies in relation to a parent with care and—

a

a maintenance assessment or maintenance calculation is in operation as a result of the Department acting under that Article; or

b

no maintenance assessment or maintenance calculation has been made, but the Department has given notice in accordance with regulation 5 of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19927, or regulation 5 of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20018.

5

9th July 2008 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of section 37(2) (general interpretation), section 38(2) (power to make consequential amendments) and section 40(1) to (5) (transition).