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| | Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
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| | [Seventh and EightH Sittings]
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 10, at beginning insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Subject to subsection (2),’. |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 10, after ‘(c. 48)’, insert ‘shall’. |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | When applying section 57 of this Act the Secretary of State shall only bring the |
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| | | provisions of subsection (1) into force on such day as he by regulations amends |
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| | | the provisions set out in subsection (3) below, so as significantly to increase the |
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| | | amount of child maintenance which is to be disregarded when calculating income |
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| | | other than earnings for income support or jobseeker’s allowance purposes. |
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| | | (3) | The provisions referred to in subsection (2) above are— |
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| | | (a) | paragraph 73 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support (General) 1987 |
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| | | (b) | paragraph 70 of Schedule 7 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not have effect until the Secretary of State has, by |
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| | | regulations, amended the provisions set out in subsection (3) below so as |
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| | | significantly to increase the amount of child maintenance which is to be |
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| | | disregarded when calculating income other than earnings for the purposes of |
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| | | income support or jobseeker’s allowance. |
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| | | (3) | The provisions referred to in subsection (2) above are— |
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| | | (a) | paragraph 73 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support (General) 1987 |
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| | | (b) | paragraph 70 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 18, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(c) | section 4(10)(aa).’. |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 18, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(2) | In section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991 (Child support and maintenance), for |
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| | | subsection (10) substitute—
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| | | | “No application may be made at any time under this section with respect to a |
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| | | qualifying child or any qualifying children if there is in force a maintenance order |
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| | | in respect of that child or those children and the person who is, at that time, the |
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| | Clause 16, page 7, line 22, at end insert ‘(subject to subsection (3))’. |
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| | Clause 16, page 7, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | The Secretary of State must, before Schedule 4 comes into effect, publish a |
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| | | report, including statistical information, on the effect of using the following levels |
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| | Clause 16, page 7, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | The Secretary of State must publish a report on the criteria which will apply to |
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| | | evidence brought before the Commission by a parent with care who wishes to |
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| | | appeal agains a maintenance calculation. |
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| | | (3) | A Minister of the Crown must make a motion in each House of Parliament in |
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| | | relation to the report mentioned in subsection (2) before the coming into effect of |
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| | Clause 16, page 7, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | The Secretary of State must publish a report, including statistical information, on |
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| | | the likely actual impact of the move from using net income for maintenance |
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| | | calculations to gross income. |
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| | | (3) | A Minister of the Crown must make a motion in each House of Parliament in |
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| | | relation to the report mentioned in subsection (2) before the coming into effect of |
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| | Schedule 4, page 63, line 6, leave out paragraph 2. |
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| | Schedule 4, page 63, leave out lines 23 to 27 and insert—
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| | ‘12% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;
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| | 16% where the non-resident parent has two qualifying children;
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| | 19% where the non-resident parent has three or more qualifying children.’. |
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| | Schedule 4, page 63, line 39, leave out paragraph 4. |
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| | Schedule 4, page 64, line 38, leave out paragraphs 6, 7 and 8. |
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| | Schedule 4, page 65, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘8A | In paragraph 7(4) (the amount of decrease for one child, where the non- |
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| | | resident parent has care of the child overnight) omit the first two lines of the |
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| | Schedule 4, page 65, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | provide for the calculation of income to include any interest, dividend or |
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| | | other income derived from capital.’. |
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| | Clause 17, page 7, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(aa) | make provision that where there is a change in circumstances of the non- |
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| | | resident parent, the Commission shall make a fresh assessment if the |
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| | | gross income position of the non-resident parent increases or decreases |
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| | | by 10 per cent. from the gross income figure fixed by the calculation |
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| | [Adjourned till Thursday at 9.10 a.m. |
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