Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes.
Citation2008 c. 6
Introduced byJohn Hutton[1] (Commons)
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent5 June 2008[2]
Commencementvarious[c]
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Amended by
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions

The act established the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.[3] The act allowed for the writing off of child maintenance debt.[4] The act allows for the removal of passports, but this has never been implemented in the scheme, as of January 2018.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 63.
  2. ↑ Section 61.
  3. ↑ Section 62.

References

  1. ↑ "Bills and Legislation". 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Bills and Legislation". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Bryson, Caroline; Skipp, Amy; Allbeson, Janet; Poole, Eloise; Ireland, Eleanor; Marsh, Vicky (2012). "Kids aren't free" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Beckford, Martin (24 December 2011). "Up to £300m of child maintenance debts to be written off". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Fotheringham, John (15 January 2018). "Child maintenance: yet another DWP effort". Law Society of Scotland. Retrieved 31 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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