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4. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;
“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998(1);
“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Lord Chancellor, or in Scotland by the Secretary of State, in accordance with paragraph 4A of Schedule 4 to the Act(2);
“the chairman” for the purposes of regulations 10, 11 and 12 means–
the person who was the chairman or sole member of the appeal tribunal which gave the decision against which leave to appeal is being sought; or
any other person authorised to deal with applications for leave to appeal to a Commissioner against that decision under the Act;
“Commissioner” means a Child Support Commissioner;
“legally qualified” means being a solicitor or barrister, or in Scotland, a solicitor or advocate;
“month” means a calendar month;
“office” means an Office of the Child Support Commissioners;
“party” means a party to the proceedings;
“proceedings” means any proceedings before a Commissioner, whether by way of an application for leave to appeal to, or from, a Commissioner, by way of an appeal or otherwise;
“respondent” means any person other than the applicant or appellant who was a party to the proceedings before the appeal tribunal and any other person who, pursuant to a direction given under regulation 18 is served with notice of the appeal; and
“summons”, in relation to Scotland, corresponds to “citation” and regulation 23 shall be construed accordingly.
Paragraph 4A was inserted by section 17(1) of the Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34).
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