CONTENTS

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1. Part 1

   The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

   1. 1. The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

   2. 2. Objectives of the Commission

   3. 3. Functions of the Commission: general

   4. 4. Promotion of child maintenance

   5. 5. Provision of information and guidance

   6. 6. Fees

   7. 7. Agency arrangements and provision of services

   8. 8. Contracting out

   9. 9. Annual report to Secretary of State

   10. 10. Directions and guidance

   11. 11. Review of the status of the Commission

   12. 12. Supplementary provisions

2. Part 2

   Transfer of child support functions etc. to the Commission

   1. 13. Transfer of child support functions

   2. 14. Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

3. Part 3

   Child support etc.

   1. Removal of compulsion for benefit claimants

      1. 15. Repeal of sections 6 and 46

   2. Maintenance calculations

      1. 16. Changes to the calculation of maintenance

      2. 17. Power to regulate supersession

      3. 18. Determination of applications for a variation

      4. 19. Transfer of cases to new rules

   3. Collection and enforcement

      1. 20. Use of deduction from earnings orders as basic method of payment

      2. 21. Deduction from earnings orders: the liable person’s earnings

      3. 22. Orders for regular deductions from accounts

      4. 23. Lump sum deduction orders

      5. 24. Orders preventing avoidance

      6. 25. Administrative liability orders

      7. 26. Enforcement in county courts

      8. 27. Disqualification for holding or obtaining travel authorisation

      9. 28. Curfew orders

      10. 29. Commitment to prison

      11. 30. Disqualification for driving

   4. Debt management powers

      1. 31. Power to treat liability as satisfied

      2. 32. Power to accept part payment of arrears in full and final satisfaction

      3. 33. Power to write off arrears

      4. 34. Transfer of arrears

   5. Miscellaneous

      1. 35. Registered maintenance agreements: Scotland

      2. 36. Offence of failing to notify change of address

      3. 37. Additional special case

      4. 38. Recovery of arrears from deceased’s estate

      5. 39. Disclosure of information relating to family proceedings

      6. 40. Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies

      7. 41. Pilot schemes

      8. 42. Meaning of “child”

      9. 43. Extinction of liability in respect of interest and fees

      10. 44. Use of information

      11. 45. Liable relative provisions: exclusion of parental duty to maintain

4. Part 4

   Lump sum payments: mesothelioma etc.

   1. Mesothelioma lump sum payments

      1. 46. Lump sum payments

      2. 47. Conditions of entitlement

      3. 48. Determination of claims

      4. 49. Reconsideration

      5. 50. Appeal to appeal tribunal

      6. 51. Appeal to Social Security Commissioner

      7. 52. Minors and people who lack capacity

      8. 53. Regulations: Part 4

   2. Recovery of mesothelioma and other lump sum payments

      1. 54. Amendment of Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997

5. Part 5

   General

   1. 55. Regulations and orders: general

   2. 56. General interpretation

   3. 57. Minor and consequential amendments

   4. 58. Repeals

   5. 59. Transition

   6. 60. Financial provisions

   7. 61. Extent

   8. 62. Commencement

   9. 63. Citation

6. 1. Schedule 1

      The Commission

   2. Schedule 2

      Transfer of functions under subordinate legislation

   3. Schedule 3

      Transfer of child support functions

      1. Part 1

         Consequential amendments

      2. Part 2

         Transitional provision and savings

   4. Schedule 4

      Changes to the calculation of maintenance

   5. Schedule 5

      Maintenance calculations: transfer of cases to new rules

   6. Schedule 6

      Use of information

   7. Schedule 7

      Minor and consequential amendments

   8. Schedule 8

      Repeals