Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 ^[1]

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 [2]
Territorial extent	England and Wales and Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	5 June 2008 [3]
Commencement	Not Yet in Force
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

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. ^[4] The act allowed for the writing off of child maintenance debt. ^[5] The act allows for the removal of passports, but this has never been implemented in the scheme, as of January 2018. ^[6]

References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 63 of this Act.
2. "Bills and Legislation". 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
3. "Bills and Legislation". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
4. 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.
5. Beckford, Martin (24 December 2011). "Up to £300m of child maintenance debts to be written off". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
6. Fotheringham, John (15 January 2018). "Child maintenance: yet another DWP effort". Law Society of Scotland. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.