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Session 2006 - 07 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE]
Contents
Part 1
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
1    The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
2    Objectives of the Commission
3    Functions of the Commission: general
4    Promotion of child maintenance
5    Provision of information and guidance
6    Fees
7    Agency arrangements and provision of services
8    Contracting out
9    Annual report to Secretary of State
10    Directions and guidance
11    Supplementary provisions
Part 2
Transfer of child support functions etc. to the Commission
12    Transfer of child support functions
13    Transfer of employees
14    Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
Part 3
Child Support etc.
Removal of compulsion for benefit claimants
15    Repeal of sections 6 and 46
Maintenance calculations
16    Changes to the calculation of maintenance
17    Power to regulate supersession
18    Transfer of cases to new rules
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Collection and enforcement
19    Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment
20    Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person’s earnings
21    Current account deduction orders
22    Lump sum deduction orders
23    Administrative liability orders
24    Enforcement in county courts
25    Disqualification for holding or obtaining travel authorisation
26    Curfew orders
27    Commitment to prison
28    Disqualification for driving
Debt management powers
29    Power to treat liability as satisfied
30    Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction
31    Power to write off arrears
32    Transfer of arrears
Miscellaneous
33    Additional special case
34    Recovery of arrears from deceased’s estate
35    Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies
36    Pilot schemes
37    Meaning of “child”
38    Extinction of liability in respect of interest and fees
39    Use of information
40    Liable relative provisions: exclusion of parental duty to maintain
Part 4
Lump Sum Payments: Mesothelioma etc.
Mesothelioma lump sum payments
41    Lump sum payments
42    Conditions of entitlement
43    Determination of claims
44    Reconsideration
45    Appeal to appeal tribunal
46    Appeal to Social Security Commissioner
47    Minors and people who lack capacity
48    Regulations: Part 4
Recovery of mesothelioma and other lump sum payments
49    Amendment of Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997
Part 5
General
50    Regulations: general
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51    General interpretation
52    Minor and consequential amendments
53    Repeals
54    Transition
55    Financial provisions
56    Extent
57    Commencement
58    Citation
Schedule 1   —    The Commission
Schedule 2   —    Transfer of functions under subordinate legislation
Schedule 3   —    Transfer of child support functions
Part 1   —
Consequential amendments
Part 2   —
Transitional provision and savings
Schedule 4   —    Changes to the calculation of maintenance
Schedule 5   —    Maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules
Schedule 6   —    Use of information
Schedule 7   —    Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 8   —    Repeals

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