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Index to Child Maintenance And Other Payments Bill

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE BILL Mesothelioma SUMMARY OF MEASURES IN THE BILL Current position Proposed changes Removal of compulsion for benefit claimants Proposed changes Maintenance Calculations Proposed changes Collection and Enforcement Proposed changes Debt Management Powers Proposed changes Transfer of cases to new rules Proposed changes Other Provisions Mesothelioma Proposed changes BILL OVERVIEW TERRITORIAL EXTENT TERRITORIAL APPLICATION: WALES COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES Clause 2: Objectives of the Commission Clause 3: Functions of the Commission: general Clause 4: Promotion of child maintenance Clause 5: Provision of information and guidance Clause 6: Fees Clause 7: Agency arrangements and provision of services Clause 8: Contracting out Clause 9: Annual report to the Secretary of State Clause 10: Directions and guidance Clause 11: Supplementary provisions Part 2 - Transfer of child support functions etc. to the Commission Clause 13: Transfer of employees Clause 14: Transfer of property, rights and liabilities Part 3 - Child Support etc. Clause 16: Changes to the calculation of maintenance Clause 17: Power to regulate supersession Clause 18: Transfer of cases to new rules Clause 19: Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment Clause 20: Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person's earnings Clause 21: Current account deduction orders Clause 22: Lump sum deduction orders Clause 23: Administrative liability orders Clause 25: Disqualification for holding or obtaining a travel authorisation Clause 26: Curfew orders Clause 27: Commitment to prison Clause 28: Disqualification for driving Clause 29: Power to treat liability as satisfied Clause 30: Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction Clause 31: Power to write off arrears Clause 32: Transfer of arrears Clause 33: Additional special case Clause 34: Recovery of arrears from deceased's estate Clause 35: Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies Clause 36: Pilot schemes Clause 37: Meaning of 'child' Clause 38: Extinction of liability in respect of interest and fees Clause 39: Use of information Clause 40: Liable relative provisions: exclusion of parental duty to maintain Part 4 - Lump Sum Payments: Mesothelioma etc. Clause 42: Conditions of entitlement Clause 43: Determination of claims Clause 44: Reconsideration Clause 45: Appeal to appeal tribunal Clause 46: Appeal to Social Security Commissioner Clause 47: Minors and people who lack capacity Clause 48: Regulations: Part 4 Clause 49: Amendment of Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 Part 5 - General Clause 51: General interpretation Clause 52: Minor and consequential amendments Clause 53: Repeals Clause 55: Financial provisions Clause 56: Extent Clause 57: Commencement Clause 58: Citation Schedule 1: The Commission Schedule 2: Transfer of functions under subordinate legislation Schedule 3: Transfer of child support functions 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 EFFECTS OF THE BILL ON PUBLIC SERVICE MANPOWER Other Payments SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT Administration costs of proposed reforms Costs and benefits to individuals Gender impact Race impact Disability impact Impact on business Impacts on small firms and competition Impact on the public sector Delivering child support maintenance in a new way Simplifying and improving the child support maintenance calculation process Tougher enforcement and improvements in the collection and recovery of debt Increasing efforts to collect and reduce debt Impact on the third sector (charities and voluntary groups) Mesothelioma Administration costs of proposed reforms Costs and benefits to individuals Gender impact Race impact Impact on employers Impact on small firms and competition EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Child maintenance TRANSPOSITION NOTES

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