Diagnosis In the new Child Support Agency Deduction Earnings> Orders, validfrom March 2003, the reference number must be either of the following:
- The nine digit Employee's National Insurance number, as given in
Personal Data> infotype (0002). Note In most cases, the National Insurance Number is the reference number inthe court order.
- In case of Sapphire Case Number type one, the reference number starts
with letters NST>. This is followed by a number between one andseven, to identify which Child Support Agency Centre> owns thecase. This number is suffixed by the National Insurance number. Forexample, NST/1/JA000000A>.
- In case of Sapphire Case Number type two (payment reference number),
eference number starts with letters NST>. This is followed by thedigits 99. This number is suffixed by a 10 digit number. For example,NST 99-0000000001>.
- In case of Sapphire Case Number type three, the reference number is a 12
digit number that starts with letters NST>. This is followed bydigits 32>, and then by 0> or 1>. For example, NST320000000000>.
- The 10 digit Person Identifier number. For example 0000000000>.
Note Note that the pre 2003 and post 2003 schemes differ in the deductionrules; protected earnings arrears are not carried forward to the nextpayroll period with the post 2003 scheme.
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