Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An 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.
Citation	2008 c. 6
Introduced by	John Hutton (Commons)
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland (in part);
Dates
Royal assent	5 June 2008
Commencement	various
Other legislation
Amends	Public Records Act 1958; Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967; House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975; Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975; Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987; Child Support Act 1991; Social Security Administration Act 1992; Child Support Act 1995; Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997; Social Security Act 1998; Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999; Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000; Freedom of Information Act 2000; Tax Credits Act 2002; Employment Act 2002; Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002; Civil Partnership Act 2004; Welfare Reform Act 2007; Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007;
Amended by	Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008; Welfare Reform Act 2009; Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012; Welfare Reform Act 2012; Mesothelioma Act 2014; Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023;
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Text of statute as originally enacted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^[update].^[5]

Notes

↑ Section 63.
↑ Section 61.
↑ Section 62.

References

↑ "Bills and Legislation". 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
↑ "Bills and Legislation". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
↑ 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.
↑ 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)
↑ 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)

External links

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.
Text of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

[1] Section 63.

[3] Section 61.

[5] Section 62.

[Introducedby1-2] "Bills and Legislation". 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.

[Royalassent1-4] "Bills and Legislation". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.

[6] 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.

[7] 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)

[8] 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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