{"value":{"id":972273,"memberId":3349,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions","uin":"HLWS925","dateMade":"2018-09-12T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","title":"The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018","text":"<p>My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing &amp; Child Maintenance (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.</p><p>On 12 July 2018, I made a statement to the House about laying the Child Support regulations on 12 July 2018.</p><p>I wish to give notice that I intend to re-lay these regulations to clarify some minor points in regulation 2.</p><p>These are that:</p><ul><li>The non-resident parent (NRP) can be either the sole, or one of a number of beneficiaries to an asset for the purpose of assuming a notional income from it.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Secretary of State would make the decision as to whether the sale of an asset would be unreasonable or may cause hardship to the child of a NRP.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A minor amendment to the definition of virtual currency; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The definition of asset will now include assets owned jointly by, or held in the joint names of, the non-resident parent and another individual or individuals. This is to ensure that a provision which was intended to offer protection to third parties cannot be exploited by an NRP by transferring assets into joint names.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure and I look forward to discussing them with colleagues in due course.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":972268,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2018-09-12T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/972273","method":"GET"}]}