16Lapse of appeals to child support appeal tribunals
In the 1991 Act, insert after section 20—
“20ALapse of appeals
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a person has brought an appeal under section 20; and
(b)before the appeal is heard, the decision appealed against is reviewed under section 19.
(2)If the child support officer conducting the review considers that the decision which he has made on the review is the same as that which would have been made on the appeal had every ground of the appeal succeeded, the appeal shall lapse.
(3)In any other case, the review shall be of no effect and the appeal shall proceed accordingly.”