The Child Support (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992

2.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 (1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 17 (revision of decisions), in paragraph (1)(a)(2)—

(a) omit “within one month of the date of notification of the decision or within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 18”;

(b) after “section 16 of the Act” insert—

“either—

(i) within one month of the date of notification of the decision;

(ii) within one month of the date on which notice of the correction is given under regulation 53A(3) (correction of accidental errors); or

(iii) within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 18;”.

(3) After regulation 53 (authorisation of representative) insert—

“Correction of accidental errors

53A.— (1) An accidental error in a decision of the Secretary of State made under the Act, or in any record of such a decision, may be corrected by the Secretary of State at any time.

(2) Such a correction is to be treated as part of that decision or of that record.

(3) The Secretary of State must give written notice of the correction as soon as practicable to the persons to whom notice of the decision was required to be given.

(4) In calculating the time within which an application may be made under regulation 17(1)(a) (revision of decisions) for a decision to be revised, no account is to be taken of any day falling before the day on which notice of any correction was given.”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/1813, which was revoked with savings by S.I. 2001/157 and 2012/2785.

(2)

Regulation 17 was inserted by S.I. 1999/1047 and amended by S.I. 2000/1596, 2004/2415, 2008/2543, 2011/1464 and 2013/2380.