The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

Child support: decisions superseding earlier decisions N.I.

41.  For Articles 19 to 21 of the Child Support Order there shall be substituted the following Article—

“Decisions superseding earlier decisions

19.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following, namely—

(a) any decision of the Department under Article 13 or 14 or this Article, whether as originally made or as revised under Article 18;

(b) any decision of an appeal tribunal under Article 22; and

(c) any decision of a Child Support Commissioner on an appeal from such a decision as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b),

may be superseded by a decision made by the Department, either on an application made for the purpose or on the Department's own initiative.

(2) In making a decision under paragraph (1), the Department need not consider any issue that is not raised by the application or, as the case may be, did not cause the Department to act on its own initiative.

(3) Regulations may prescribe the cases and circumstances in which, and the procedure by which, a decision may be made under this Article.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) and Article 28ZC, a decision under this Article shall take effect as from the date on which it is made or, where applicable, the date on which the application was made.

(5) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases or circumstances, a decision under this Article shall take effect as from such other date as may be prescribed.”.