(1)Section 17 of the 1991 Act (decisions superseding earlier decisions) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—
“(c)any reduced benefit decision under section 46;
(d)any decision of an appeal tribunal on a referral under section 28D(1)(b);
(e)any decision of a Child Support Commissioner on an appeal from such a decision as is mentioned in paragraph (b) or (d).”
(3)For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—
“(4)Subject to subsection (5) and section 28ZC, a decision under this section shall take effect as from the beginning of the maintenance period in which it is made or, where applicable, the beginning of the maintenance period in which the application was made.
(4A)In subsection (4), a “maintenance period” is (except where a different meaning is prescribed for prescribed cases) a period of seven days, the first one beginning on the effective date of the first decision made by the Secretary of State under section 11 or (if earlier) his first default or interim maintenance decision (under section 12) in relation to the non-resident parent in question, and each subsequent one beginning on the day after the last day of the previous one.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 9 partly in force; s. 9 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 86(2); s. 9 in force for certain purposes at 10.11.2000 by S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I; s. 9 in force for certain further purposes at 3.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.