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Consultation Outcome Published 12 Feb 2024 Department for Work and Pensions ↗ View on GOV.UK

Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement

This consultation seeks views on proposed legislative changes that affect enforcement of child maintenance arrears.

Opened 2 Oct 2023
Closed 24 Nov 2023
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The aim of this consultation is to inform the government’s proposed regulations to support the introduction of administrative liability orders.

This document includes:

  • information on the Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023 and rationale for the introduction of administrative liability orders
  • a set of policy consultation questions on proposed regulations relating to administrative liability orders and in particular, the procedure for dealing with the appeals process

This consultation is open to voluntary and community sector organisations, as well as Child Maintenance Service customers and members of the general public.

This consultation applies to England, Wales and Scotland, although we welcome comments from across the United Kingdom.