http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1510

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The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Child support

Family support

Children in care

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2017-05-16

SOCIAL SECURITY

FAMILY LAW;CHILD SUPPORT

This Order provides for the coming into force on 1st June 1999 of the provisions of the Social Security Act 1998 which—enable the Lord Chancellor to—appoint a President of appeal tribunals; andconstitute a panel from which the President of appeal tribunals may draw persons to act as members of appeal tribunals;enable the Secretary of State to appoint officers and staff for the President of appeal tribunals and for appeal tribunals;enable regulations to be made supplementing the provision made by section 26 of the Social Security Act 1998.remove the power of the President of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals to appoint officers and staff for—himself;regional and other full-time chairmen of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals;social security appeal tribunals;disability appeal tribunals; andmedical appeal tribunals;amend the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) (“the 1993 Act”) in consequence of provisions of the Social Security Act 1998—by removing references to chairmen of child support appeal tribunals (in view of the replacement of such tribunals by appeal tribunals constituted under section 7 of the Social Security Act 1998);so as to provide that the office of President of appeal tribunals is a qualifying judicial office for the purposes of the 1993 Act (new arrangements for judicial pensions);substitute new procedures for making decisions and appeals with respect to child support; andrepeal words in the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18) in consequence of the commencement of paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 by article 2(4)(b) of the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/526) (article 2).

PART XAMENDMENT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT AND INCOME SUPPORT (AMEND MENT) REGULATIONS 1995

Amendment of regulation 6337

In regulation 63 (reviews consequent upon the amendments made by these Regulations)—

a

in paragraph (1) for the words from the beginning to “result of the review is—” there shall be substituted the following words—

Subject to paragraph (3), a decision with respect to a maintenance assessment in force on 13th April 1995 or 18th April 1995 shall not be superseded by a decision under section 17 of the Act if the difference between the amount of child support maintenance currently in force and the amount that would be fixed if the fresh assessment were to be made as a result of a supersession is—

b

in paragraph (3)—

i

for the words “review which is made” there shall be substituted the words “decision under section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 which falls to be made”; and

ii

for the word “notifies” there shall be substituted the word “notified”;

c

paragraphs (4) and (5) shall be omitted; and

d

in paragraph (6)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “a child support officer to consider the question” there shall be substituted the words “the question to be considered”; and

ii

for the words “upon a review under section 19 of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “by virtue of a decision under section 17 of the Act superseding an earlier decision”.