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F1 PART III E+W+S SUSPENSION, TERMINATION AND OTHER MATTERS

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 )

CHAPTER IIE+W+SOTHER MATTERS

Child support decisions involving issues that arise on appeal in other casesE+W+S

23.[F2(1)  For the purposes of section 28ZA(2)(b) of the Child Support Act M1 (prescribed cases and circumstances in which a decision may be made on a prescribed basis), a case which satisfies either of the conditions in paragraph (2) is a prescribed case.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a)if a decision were not made on the basis prescribed in paragraph (3), the parent with care would become entitled to income support if a claim were made, or to an increased amount of that benefit;

(b)the [F3non-resident parent] is an employed earner or a self-employed earner.

(3) For the purposes of section 28ZA(2)(b) of the Child Support Act, the prescribed basis on which the [F4Secretary of State] may make the decision is as if—

(a)the appeal in relation to the different maintenance [F5calculation], which is referred to in section 28ZA(1)(b) of that Act had already been determined; and

(b)that appeal had been decided in a way that was the most unfavourable to the applicant for the decision mentioned in section 28ZA(1)(a) of that Act.

(4) The circumstances prescribed under section 28ZA(4)(c) of the Child Support Act (where an appeal is pending against a decision for the purposes of that section, even though an appeal against the decision has not been brought or, as the case may be, an application for [F6permission] to appeal against the decision has not been made but the time for doing so has not expired), are that the [F7Secretary of State]

(a)certifies in writing that [F7the Secretary of State] is considering appealing against that decision; and

(b)[F7the Secretary of State] considers that, if such an appeal were to be determined in a particular way—

(i)there would be no liability for child support maintenance, or

(ii)such liability would be less than would be the case were an appeal not made.

(5) In this regulation—

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in reg. 23(2)(b) substituted (3.3.2003 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1), (3) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/158), reg. 1(1), (3), 4(2); S.I. 2001/192 , art. 3, Sch.

F5 Word in reg. 23(3)(a) substituted (3.3.2003 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1), (3) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/158), reg. 1(1), (3), 4(3); S.I. 2001/192 , art. 3, Sch.

F8 Words in reg. 23(5) substituted (3.3.2003 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1), (3) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/158), reg. 1(1), (3), 4(2); S.I. 2001/192 , art. 3, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1Section 28ZA was inserted by section 43 of the Social Security Act 1998.