The Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Revocation and savings E+W+S

14.—(1) Subject to [F1 the Child Support (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2000 and] paragraph (2), regulations 10(2) and (3) and 11 to 17 of the Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments Regulations are hereby revoked.

(2) Where on the commencement date—

(a) an appeal has not been decided;

(b) the time limit for lodging an appeal has not expired;

(c) the time limit for making an application for the revision of a decision has not expired; or

(d) an application for a supersession of a decision has not been decided,

the provisions in regulations 10(2) and (3) and 11 to 17 of the Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments Regulations shall continue to apply for the purposes of—

(i) the decision of the appeal tribunal referred to in sub-paragraph (a);

(ii) the ability to lodge the appeal referred to in sub-paragraph (b) and the decision of the appeal tribunal following the lodging of that appeal;

(iii) the ability to apply for the revision referred to in sub-paragraph (c) and the decision whether to revise following any such application; or

(iv) the decision whether to supersede following the application referred to in sub-paragraph (d).

(3) Where on or after the commencement date an adjustment falls to be made in relation to a maintenance assessment, these Regulations shall not apply for the purposes of making the adjustment.

(4) In this regulation—

• “commencement date" means, with respect to a particular case, the date on which these Regulations come into force with respect to that type of case;

• “former Act" means the Child Support Act before its amendment by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000; and

• “maintenance assessment" has the meaning given in the former Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (3.3.2003) by The Child Support (Transitional Provision)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/347), regs. 1, 2(1), 2(2)(a)