The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014
Article 2 of this Order provides for the coming into operation of section 11 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, for all remaining purposes, on 30th June 2014. Schedule 2 enables the Department to require parties in existing cases to choose whether or not to remain in the statutory scheme under the 2012 rules for calculating child support maintenance. It also enables the Department to make provision in regulations in relation to requiring parties to make that choice.