Editing Child Support Agency (section)

==Functions and involvement==
The CSA's function was twofold, encompassing calculation of how much child maintenance is due (based on current [[legislation]] and rules) and collection, enforcement and transferral of the payment from the non-resident parent to the person with care.

For the CSA to generate a mediation of payment case, their services had to be requested by one of the parents; or to generate a recovery case, the parent with care (PWC) had to be in receipt of Income support, Jobseekers Allowance, Sickness Benefit, or another such benefit. Legislation also allowed children in [[Scotland]] to initiate a case against one or both non-resident parents (NPCs).

The CSA could not get involved, even upon request, in the following circumstances (except in cases where the parent with care claims [[Income Support]] or [[Jobseekers Allowance]]):
* if the non-resident parent lives abroad;
* if a written [[Contract|agreement]] made prior to 5 April 1993, is in place;
* if a [[court order]] regarding maintenance was made before 3 March 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csa.gov.uk/pdf/english/leaflets/old/CSA2008.pdf |title=Child Support: a technical guide |access-date=2007-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003204632/http://www.csa.gov.uk/pdf/english/leaflets/old/CSA2008.pdf |archive-date=2006-10-03}}</ref>