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Amendment of regulation 8 of the Collection and Enforcement RegulationsE+W+S

14.—(1) Paragraph (1) of regulation 8 of the Collection and Enforcement Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Before the definition of “disposable income”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

“defective” means in relation to a deduction from earnings order that it does not comply with the requirements of regulations 9 to 11 and such failure to comply has made it impracticable for the employer to comply with his obligations under the Act and these Regulations;.

(3) In the definition of “disposable income”, for the words “regulation 12(1)”, there shall be substituted the words “ regulation 12(1)(a) ”.

(4) After the definition of “exempt income” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“interim maintenance assessment” means a Category A, Category B, Category C or Category D interim maintenance assessment within the meaning of regulation 8(1B) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992;.

(5) In the definition of “protected income level”, after the words “in accordance with” there shall be inserted the words “ paragraphs (1) to (5) of ”.