The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012

The Child Support Act 1991

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

12.—(1) Section 17 (decisions superseding earlier decisions)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “Commission” (in both places) substitute “Secretary of State” and for “its” substitute “the Secretary of State’s”.

(3) In subsection (2) (as it has effect before the coming into force of section 17 of the 2008 Act)—

(a)for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b)for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”; and

(c)for “its” substitute “the Secretary of State’s”.

(4) In subsection (4A), for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State” and for “its” substitute “the Secretary of State’s”.

(1)

Section 17 was inserted by section 41 of the 1998 Act and amended by the 2000 Act, the 2008 Act and S.I. 2008/2833.