Child Support Act 1995

14 Cancellation of maintenance assessments on review

(1) In section 18 of the 1991 Act (reviews of decisions of child support officers), after subsection (10) insert—

“(10A) If a child support officer conducting a review under this section is satisfied that the maintenance assessment in question was not validly made he may cancel it with effect from the date on which it took effect.”

(2) In paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act (termination of maintenance assessments), insert after sub-paragraph (4)—

“(4A) A maintenance assessment may be cancelled by a child support officer if he is conducting a review under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 and it appears to him—

(a) that the person with care with respect to whom the maintenance assessment in question was made has failed to provide him with sufficient information to enable him to complete the review; and

(b) where the maintenance assessment in question was made in response to an application under section 6, that the person with care with respect to whom the assessment was made has ceased to fall within subsection (1) of that section.”

(3) In sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act, after “sub-paragraph” insert “(4A),”.