The Law Relating to Child Support CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1991 (c. 48) Supplement No. 38 [Feb 2009] 301 Child Support Act 1991 CHAPTER 48 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS The basic principles Section 1. The duty to maintain. 2. Welfare of children: the general principle. 3. Meaning of certain terms used in this Act. 4. Child support maintenance. 5. Child support maintenance: supplemental provisions. 6. Applications by those receiving benefit. 7. Right of child in Scotland to apply for assessment [ 1 calculation] . 8. Role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children. 9. Agreements about maintenance. 10. Relationship between maintenance assessments [ 2 maintenance calculation] and certain court orders and related matters. Maintenance assessments [ 2 Maintenance calculation] 11. Maintenance assessments [ 2 Maintenance calculation]. 12. Interim maintenance assessments [ 2 maintenance calculation]. Child support officers 13. Child support officers. Information 14. Information required by Secretary of State. 15. Powers of inspectors. Reviews and appeals 16. Periodical reviews. 17. Reviews on change of circumstances. 20. Appeals. 20A. Lapse of appeals. 21. Child support appeal tribunals. 22. Child support Commissioners. 23. Child support Commissioners for Northern Ireland. 24. Appeal to Child Support Commissioner. 1. Word “assessment” (or any variant of that term) substituted by “calculation” (or other variants) (3.3.03) for the purposes of certain cases only (See S.I. 2003/192 at page 4141) by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 1(2)(b). 2. Words “maintenance assessment(s)” substituted by “maintenance calculation(s)” (3.3.03) for the purposes of certain cases only (See S.I. 2003/192 at page 4141) by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 1(2)(a). [Editor’s note: Due to the nature of the changes to this Act being brought in for certain cases only, the text has been bolded in those cases for ease of reference for the user.]
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