The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Amendment of Schedule 1

19.  In Schedule 1(1) (calculation of N and M)—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (1), (1A) and (4), for the words “child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3A), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;

(b) in paragraph 5—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2A), for the words “the officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (2A), (3) and (5), for the words “child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”;

(c) in paragraph 16(6), for the words “child support officer” in both places in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”;

(d) in paragraphs 26, 27 and 30, for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”; and

(e) in paragraphs 27, 30 and 31, for the words “child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.

(1)

The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1045 and 1996/3196.