Textual Amendments
F1 Pts. II III IV revoked (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Child Benefit and Guardian s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/916) , regs. 1(1) , 34(a) (with reg. 35 )
F2 Words in Pt. II added (3.3.2003 for specified purposes and ) by The Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3185) , reg. 1(1) (2) 4 (with reg. 14(3) ) (see S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.)
15A.—[F4(1) Where the [F5Secretary of State] has received an application under section 16 or 17 of the Child Support Act in connection with a previously determined variation which has effect on the maintenance calculation in force, [F5the Secretary of State] may request further information or evidence from the applicant to enable a decision on that application to be made and any such information or evidence shall be provided within one month of the date of notification of the request, or such longer period as the [F5Secretary of State] is satisfied is reasonable in the circumstances of the case.
(2) Where any information or evidence requested in accordance with paragraph (1) is not provided within the time limit specified in that paragraph, the [F5Secretary of State] may, where [F5the Secretary of State] is able to do so, proceed to make the decision in the absence of that information or evidence.]]
Textual Amendments
F3 Regs. 15A-15D inserted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1)(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3185), reg. 1(1)(2), 10 (with reg. 14(3)) (see S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.)
F4Reg. 15A omitted (10.12.2012 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4)) by virtue of The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), regs. 1(4), 6(3)
F5Words in reg. 15A 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. 113(7)