64.—(1) The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 27(2)(2) (cases of disputed parentage in which assessment may be made), in paragraph (b) of Case A1, for “was married to” substitute “is a man who was married to, or the civil partner of,”.
(3) In Article 32L(5)(3) (disposition is reviewable unless made for valuable consideration other than marriage), after “marriage” insert “or formation of a civil partnership”.
(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (as substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000(4)), for paragraph 10C(5) and (6) substitute—
“(5) In sub-paragraph (4)(a) “couple” means—
(a)two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, or
(b)two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other.”.
(5) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (as it has effect otherwise than by virtue of the substitution by that Act of 2000), in paragraph 6—
(a)in sub-paragraph (5)(b)(5), for sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) substitute—
“(i)is living together in the same household with another adult who is the absent parent’s spouse or civil partner, or
(ii)is living together in the same household with another adult as if spouses of each other,”, and
(b)omit paragraph (5A).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 64 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)
In Article 27(2), Case A1 was inserted by section 15 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c.4 (N.I.).
Article 32L was inserted by section 16 of the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c.10 (N.I.)).
2000 c.4 (N.I). See section 1(3) and Schedule 1. The substituted paragraph 10C(5) and (6) were subsequently further substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
Paragraph 6(5)(b) was substituted, and paragraph 6(5A) was inserted, by paragraph 10 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.