[F110BE+W+SThe Secretary of State may by regulations provide that, in such circumstances and to such extent as may be prescribed—
(a)where the [F2Secretary of State] is satisfied that a person has intentionally deprived himself of a source of income with a view to reducing the amount of his [F3gross] weekly income, his [F3gross] weekly income shall be taken to include income from that source of an amount estimated by the [F2Secretary of State];
(b)a person is to be treated as possessing income which he does not possess;
(c)income which a person does possess is to be disregarded.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(3), 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 10B(a) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 62(2)(c)
F3Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 4 para. 2; S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)