---

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

moved Amendments Nos. 46 and 47: 46: Clause 34, page 37, line 15, at end insert— ““(2A) Regulations under subsection (1) must provide that unless one of the conditions in subsection (2B) is satisfied the Commission may not enter into transfer arrangements in relation to arrears of child support maintenance without the appropriate consent. (2B) The conditions are— (a) that the Commission would be entitled to retain the whole of the arrears under section 41(2) if it recovered them; (b) that the Commission would be entitled to retain part of the arrears under section 41(2) if it recovered them, and the part of the arrears that the Commission would not be entitled to retain is equal to or less than the transfer payment. (2C) In subsection (2B)(b), ““transfer payment”” means— (a) the payment that the Commission would receive from the transferee on the arrangements taking effect, and (b) such other payments under the transfer arrangements as may be prescribed. (2D) Unless the maintenance calculation was made under section 7, the appropriate consent is the written consent of the person with care with respect to whom the maintenance calculation was made. (2E) If the maintenance calculation was made under section 7, the appropriate consent is— (a) the written consent of the child who made the application under section 7(1), and (b) if subsection (2F) applies, the written consent of the person with care of that child. (2F) This subsection applies if— (a) the maintenance calculation was made under section 7(2), or (b) the Secretary of State has made arrangements under section 7(3) on the application of the person with care.”” 47: Clause 34, page 37, line 22, at end insert— ““(d) provide that a payment made to the Commission under transfer arrangements may be treated for prescribed purposes as if it were a payment of child support maintenance.”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Clause 40 [Disclosure of information to credit reference agencies]: