PART 4Recovery from Estates
Application and interpretation10
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This Part applies in relation to the estate of a person who dies on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
2
In this Part, “child support maintenance” means child support maintenance for the collection of which the F1Secretary of State is authorised to make arrangements.
Recovery of arrears from a deceased person's estateC111
Arrears of child support maintenance F5and collection fees (payable under regulation 7 (the collection fee) of the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014) for which a deceased person was liable immediately before death are a debt payable by the deceased's executor or administrator out of the deceased's estate to the F2Secretary of State.
Appeals and other proceedings12
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The deceased's executor or administrator has the same rights, subject to the same procedures and time limits, as the deceased person had immediately before death to institute, continue or withdraw any proceedings under the 1991 Act, whether by appeal or otherwise.
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Disclosure of information13
1
The F3Secretary of State may disclose information held for the purposes of the 1991 Act to the deceased's executor or administrator where, in the opinion of the F3Secretary of State, such information is essential to enable the executor or administrator to administer the deceased's estate, including, where necessary, to institute, continue or withdraw proceedings under the 1991 Act.
2
Any application for information under this regulation shall be made to the F3Secretary of State in writing setting out the reasons for the application.
3
Except where a person gives written permission to the F3Secretary of State that the information mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) in relation to that person may be disclosed to other persons, any information disclosed under paragraph (1) must not contain—
a
the address of any person, except that of the recipient of the information in question and the office of the officer concerned who is exercising functions of the F3Secretary of State under the 1991 Act, or any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any such person being located;
b
any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any person, other than a party to the maintenance calculation, being identified.