| PART I |
| General |
| 1. | Citation, commencement and interpretation |
| 2. | Applications for a departure direction and the determination of applications |
| 3. | Determination of amounts |
| PART II |
| Procedure on an application for a departure direction and preliminary consideration |
| 4. | Application for a departure direction |
| 5. | Amendment or withdrawal of application |
| 6. | Provision of information |
| 7. | Rejection of application on completion of a preliminary consideration |
| 8. | Procedure in relation to the determination of an application |
| 9. | Disclosure of information by a child support officer |
| 10. | Departure directions and interim maintenance assessments |
| 11. | Lapse of an application |
| 12. | Meaning of "benefit" for the purposes of section 28E of the Act |
| PART III |
| Special expenses |
| 13. | Costs incurred in travelling to work |
| 14. | Contact costs |
| 15. | Illness or disability |
| 16. | Debts incurred before the absent parent became an absent |
| 17. | Pre-1993 financial commitments |
| 18. | Costs incurred in supporting certain children |
| 19. | Special expenses for a case falling within regulation 13, 14, 16 or 17 |
| 20. | Application for a departure direction in respect of special expenses other than those with respect to which a direction has already been given |
| PART IV |
| Property or capital transfers |
| 21. | Prescription of certain terms for the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4B to the Act |
| 22. | Value of a transfer of property and its equivalent weekly value for a case falling within paragraph 3 of Schedule 4B to the Act |
| PART V |
| Additional Cases |
| 23. | Assets capable of producing income or higher income |
| 24. | Diversion of income |
| 25. | Life-style inconsistent with declared income |
| 26. | Unreasonably high housing costs |
| 27. | Partner's contribution to housing costs |
| 28. | Unreasonably high travel costs |
| 29. | Travel costs to be disregarded |
| PART VI |
| Factors to be taken into account for the purposes of section 28F of the Act |
| 30. | Factors to be taken into account and not to be taken into account in determining whether it would be just and equitable to give a departure direction |
| PART VII |
| Effective date and duration of a departure direction |
| 31. | Refusal to give a departure direction under section 28F(4) of the Act |
| 32. | Effective date of a departure direction |
| 33. | Cancellation of a departure direction following a review under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 of the Act or on a change of circumstances |
| 34. | Cancellation of a departure direction on recognition of an error |
| 35. | Termination and suspension of departure directions |
| PART VIII |
| Maintenance assessment following a departure direction |
| 36. | Effect of a departure direction—general |
| 37. | Effect of a departure direction in respect of special expenses—exempt income |
| 38. | Effect of a departure direction in respect of special expenses—protected income |
| 39. | Effect of a departure direction in respect of a transfer of property |
| 40. | Effect of a departure direction in respect of additional cases |
| PART IX |
| Maintenance assessment following a departure direction: particular cases |
| 41. | Child support maintenance payable following a departure direction which results in a decrease in an absent parent's assessable income |
| 42. | Maintenance assessment following a departure direction for certain cases falling within regulation 22 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations |
| 43. | Maintenance assessment following a departure direction where there is a phased maintenance assessment |
