HC Deb 18 July 1991 vol 195 c549

Amendments made: No. 93, in page 20, line 9, leave out `under section 28'.

No. 94, in page 20, line 10, leave out `child support maintenance' and insert 'payments under section 28 or subsection (1A),'.

No. 45, in page 20, line 12, leave out from 'payable' to `to' in line 15.

No. 46, in page 20, line 16, at end insert— '(1A) The Secretary of State may arrange for the collection of any periodical payments or secured periodical payments of a prescribed kind which are payable for the benefit of a child even though he is not arranging for the collection of child support maintenance with respect to that child. (1B) Where—

  1. (a) the Secretary of State is arranging, under this Act, for the collection of different payments ("the payments") from the same absent parent;
  2. (b) an amount is collected by the Secretary of State from the absent parent which is less than the total amount due in respect of the payments; and
  3. (c) the absent parent has not stipulated how that amount is to be allocated by the Secretary of State as between the payments,
the Secretary of State may allocate that amount as he sees fit.'.

No. 95, in page 20, line 21, leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'this section'.

No. 96, in page 20, line 24, leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert `this section'. —[Mr. Jack.]

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