Substitution of regulation 45

13.  For regulation 45 (consideration of more than one appeal under section 20 of the Child Support Act) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

Procedure following a referral under section 28D(1)(b) of the Child Support Act

45.(1) On a referral under section 28D(1)(b) of the Child Support Act an appeal tribunal may—

(a)consider two or more applications for a variation with respect to the same application for a maintenance calculation together; or

(b)consider two or more applications for a variation with respect to the same maintenance calculation together.

(2) In this regulation “maintenance calculation” means a decision under section 11 or 17 of the Child Support Act, as calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act, whether as originally made or as revised under section 16 of that Act..