Section 455 | Child support maintenance payments

(1)Condition A in section 454(2) is treated as met in relation to a payment if—

(a)it is a periodical payment made under a maintenance calculation by any person,

(b)another person is, for the purposes of the Child Support Act 1991 or (as the case may be) the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23)), a parent of the child or children with respect to whom the calculation has effect,

(c)the calculation was not made under section 7 of the Child Support Act 1991 (right of child in Scotland to apply for maintenance calculation), and

(d)any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) is met.

(2)The conditions are that—

(a)the payment is made to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulations made under section 29 of the Child Support Act 1991 by virtue of subsection (3)(a)(ii) of that section (collection of child support maintenance: payment to or through Secretary of State),

(b)the payment is retained by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulations made under section 41 of that Act (arrears of child support maintenance),

(c)the payment is made to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland in accordance with regulations made under Article 29 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23)), by virtue of paragraph (3)(a)(ii) of that Article (collection of child support maintenance: payment to or through Department), or

(d)the payment is retained by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland in accordance with regulations made under Article 38 of that Order (arrears of child support maintenance).

(3)“Maintenance calculation” and “periodical payment” have the meanings given in section 454(8) and (9).