Section 388 — Social Security Act 2018: Payment of benefit does not affect right to maintenance

388 Payment of benefit does not affect right to maintenance Any entitlement to, or payment of, a benefit under this Act, does not— (a) take away, or restrict, a person’s liability under an Act (for example, the Family Proceedings Act 1980 , or the Child Support Act 1991 ) to maintain or support any other person; or (b) affect a court’s power to make a maintenance order under any Act; or (c) affect the Commissioner of Inland Revenue’s power under the Child Support Act 1991 to make an assessment of child support or domestic maintenance, or to accept a voluntary agreement; or (d) affect a court’s power to make an order under the Child Support Act 1991 . Compare: 1964 No 136 s 84A