Child Support Act 1991

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The Child Support Act 1991 is a UK law that established the modern statutory system for assessing, collecting, and enforcing child maintenance from non-resident parents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom statute
administeredBy Child Maintenance Service
Child Maintenance Service
surface form: Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

Child Support Agency
appliesTo non-resident parents
persons with care of children
areaOfLaw family law
social security law
citationForm 1991 c. 48
containsProvisionsOn appeals against child support decisions
calculation of child maintenance
collection of child maintenance
enforcement of child maintenance
liability of non-resident parents
powers of the Child Support Agency
country United Kingdom
createdBody Child Support Agency
definesTerm non-resident parent
person with care
qualifying child
enforcementMechanismsInclude committal to prison in certain circumstances
deductions from earnings
disqualification from driving in certain circumstances
distress and seizure of goods
liability orders
establishedSystem statutory child support scheme
hasBeenAmendedBy Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008
Child Support Act 1995
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000
jurisdiction England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
language English
legalStatus in force with amendments
legislature British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
policyContext reform of child maintenance in early 1990s UK social policy
purpose to establish a statutory system for assessing child maintenance
to establish a statutory system for collecting child maintenance
to establish a statutory system for enforcing child maintenance
regulates child maintenance
child support
replaced primarily court-based child maintenance arrangements for new cases
royalAssentDate 1991
shortTitle Child Support Act 1991 self-link
yearEnacted 1991

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Child Maintenance Service legalBasis Child Support Act 1991
Family Court of New Zealand usesLegislation Child Support Act 1991
Welfare Reform Act 2012 amends Child Support Act 1991
Child Support Act 1991 shortTitle Child Support Act 1991 self-link