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PART IIE+W+SF1 REVISIONS, SUPERSESSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS SOCIAL SECURITY [F2AND CHILD SUPPORT]

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.)

CHAPTER IIE+W+SSUPERSESSIONS

[F3 Circumstances in which a child support decision may not be supersededE+W+S

6B.—[F4(1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), and subject to paragraph (3), a decision of the [F5Secretary of State], [F6an appeal tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal or a Child Support Commissioner], on an application made under regulation [F76A(2)(a)], shall not be superseded where the difference between—

(a)the non-resident parent’s net income figure fixed for the purposes of the maintenance calculation in force in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act; and

(b)the non-resident parent’s net income figure which would be fixed in accordance with a superseding decision,

is less than 5% of the figure in sub-paragraph (a).

(2) In paragraph (1) “superseding decision" means a decision which would supersede the decision subject to the application made under regulation [F76A(2)(a)] but for the application of this regulation.

[F8(3) Where the application for a supersession is made on more than one ground, if those grounds which do not relate to the net income of the non-resident parent lead to a superseding decision this regulation shall not apply to the ground relating to the net income of that parent.]

(4) This regulation shall not apply to a decision under regulation [F76A(2)(a)] where—

(a)the superseding decision is made in consequence of the determination of an application made under section 28G of the Child Support Act;

(b)the superseding decision affects a variation ground in a decision made under section 11 or 17 of the Child Support Act, whether as originally made or as revised under section 16 of that Act;

(c)the decision being superseded was made under section 12(2) of the Child Support Act, or was a decision under section 17 of that Act superseding an interim maintenance decision, whether as originally made or as revised under section 16 of that Act;

F9( d ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; F10 ...

(e) the superseding decision takes effect from the dates prescribed in regulation [F11paragraph 4 of Schedule 3D]][F12; or

(f)a decision is superseded and in relation to that superseding decision a maintenance calculation is made to which paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act applies.]

[F13(5) Where an application has been made to which paragraph (1) applied (“application A”) and a further application (“application B”) is made for a supersession on a ground other than one relating to the net income of the non-resident parent, the [F14Secretary of State] may make a superseding decision on the basis that application A was made at the same time as application B.]]

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 6A - Reg. 6B inserted (3.3.2003 for specified purposes being the date on which 2000 c. 19, s. 9 comes into force for those purposes by virtue of S.I. 2003/192, art. 3 ) by The Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3185), reg. 1(1)(2), 8 (with reg. 14(3)) (see S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.)

F6 Words in reg. 6B(1) substituted (14.5.2012 retrospective to 3.11.2008 in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Social Security and Child Support (Supersession of Appeal Decisions) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1267), regs. 1, 4(4)

F8 Reg. 6B(3) substituted (16.9.2004 for specified purposes and in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2415), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(a)

F13 Reg. 6B(5) inserted (16.9.2004 for specified purposes and in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)) by The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2415), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(b)