The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Amendment of regulation 10 E+W+S

11.  In regulation 10 M1 (notification of a new or a fresh maintenance assessment)–

(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(1) A person with a right of appeal to an appeal tribunal under–

(a) section 20 of the Act M2 ; and

(b) section 20 of the Act as extended by paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 4C to the Act M3 ,

shall be given notice of that right and of the decision to which that right relates.”;

(b) paragraphs (1A) to (1C) shall be omitted;

(c) in paragraph (2)–

(i) after the words “paragraph (1)" there shall be inserted the words “ of a new or fresh maintenance assessment made under section 11, 16 or 17 ”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), the words “or (b)" shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraph (2A), for the words “a review under section 16 of the Act of a maintenance assessment the effective date of which is on or before 8th December 1996 or a review under section 19(1)" there shall be substituted the words “a revision of a maintenance assessment under section 16 of the Act or a supersession of a maintenance assessment under section 17 of the Act";

(e) in paragraph (3)(a), for the words “of the child support officer concerned" there shall be substituted the words “ of the officer concerned who is exercising functions of the Secretary of State under the Act ”;

(f) for paragraphs (4) to (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(4) Where a decision as to a maintenance assessment is made under section 11, 12, 16 or 17 of the Act, a notification under paragraph (1) shall include information as to the provisions of sections 16 and 17 of the Act.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Regulation 10 was amended by S.I. 1994/227, S.I. 1995/123, S.I. 1995/1045, S.I. 1995/3261, S.I. 1996/2907, S.I. 1998/2799 and S.I. 1999/977.

M2 Section 20 was substituted by section 42 of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14).

M3 Schedule 4C was inserted by the Social Security Act 1998, Schedule 7, paragraph 54.