Driving licences too.
Beeb article
This was first reported in the The Sunday Times December 23, 2007
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That didn't work then
I'll mention the case of a mate in the early 1990s here. He'd given his missus the house and car when they divorced, in exchange for no maintenance. He did of course pay maintenance for his kids and never missed a payment, but the CSA still came after him for more brass.
Supposing the new rules had been in force and they nicked his driving licence from him, he would have lost his job too.
Beeb article
Absent parents who do not pay child support could have their passports and driving licences seized without having to be taken to court.
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Other powers open to the CMEC include taking money from a bank account without going through the courts; applying for a curfew, or recovering money from a dead person's estate.
Opponents are worried that civil liberties may be undermined if bureaucrats have the power to take away passports and driving licences.
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Other powers open to the CMEC include taking money from a bank account without going through the courts; applying for a curfew, or recovering money from a dead person's estate.
Opponents are worried that civil liberties may be undermined if bureaucrats have the power to take away passports and driving licences.
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The Lords report, published this month, says officials at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC), the body that will replace the Child Support Agency, should go through the magistrates’ courts. “We can see no justification for granting the CMEC the right to remove a person’s passport and identity card without reference to the courts,” it says.
I'll mention the case of a mate in the early 1990s here. He'd given his missus the house and car when they divorced, in exchange for no maintenance. He did of course pay maintenance for his kids and never missed a payment, but the CSA still came after him for more brass.
Supposing the new rules had been in force and they nicked his driving licence from him, he would have lost his job too.
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