Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Maintenance Assessments RegulationsE+W+S

17.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Child Support Maintenance Assessments Regulations M1 (calculation of N and M) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) After sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 7 there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(6) Where child benefit in respect of a relevant child is in payment at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(ii) of the Child Benefit Rates Regulations, the difference between that rate and the basic rate applicable to that child, as defined in regulation 4.”.

(3) In paragraph 20—

(a)in head (ii) of sub-paragraph (a), for the words “to (d)" there shall be substituted the words “and (c)";

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “3(1)(c)" there shall be substituted the words “3(1)(c)(i)".

(4) For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 28 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)if the parent satisfies the conditions for payment of the rate of child benefit specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(ii) of the Child Benefit Rates Regulations, an amount representing the difference between that rate and the basic rate, as defined in regulation 4;”.