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(1)Any application for a maintenance assessment made to the Secretary of State shall be [F1dealt with by him] in accordance with the provision made by or under this Act.
[F2(1A)Where—
(a)an application for a maintenance assessment is made under section 6, but
(b)the Secretary of State becomes aware, [F3before determining the application], that the claim mentioned in subsection (1) of that section has been disallowed or withdrawn,
he shall, subject to subsection (1B), treat the application as if it had not been made.
(1B)If it appears to the Secretary of State that subsection (10) of section 4 would not have prevented the parent with care concerned from making an application for a maintenance assessment under that section he shall—
(a)notify her of the effect of this subsection, and
(b)if, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which notice was sent to her, she asks him to do so, treat the application as having been made not under section 6 but under section 4.
(1C)Where the application is not preserved under subsection (1B) (and so is treated as not having been made) the Secretary of State shall notify—
(a)the parent with care concerned; and
(b)the [F4absent parent][F4non-resident parent] (or alleged [F4absent parent][F4non-resident parent]), where it appears to him that that person is aware of the application.]
(2)The amount of child support maintenance to be fixed by any maintenance assessment shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 1.
(3)Part II of Schedule 1 makes further provision with respect to maintenance assessments.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11(1) substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 24(1); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(iii)
F2S. 11(1A)-(1C) inserted (4.9.1995) by Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34), ss. 19, 30(4); S.I. 1995/2302, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1
F3Words in s. 11(1A) substituted (1.6.1999) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 24(2); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(iii)
F4Words in Act substituted (31.1.2001 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(2) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(1)(b); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.
Commencement Information
I1S. 11 wholly in force; s. 11 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 58(2); s. 11 in force in respect of specified provisions of Sch. 1 at 17.6.1992 by S.I. 1992/1431, art. 2, Sch.; s. 11 in force in so far as not already in force at 5.4.1993 by S.I. 1992/2644, art. 2
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