The Child Support (Modification, Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations

2.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992)(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16(2) (revision of decisions)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) omit “within one month of the date of notification of the decision or within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 17”; and

(b) after “Article 18 of the Order” insert—

“either—

(i) within one month of the date of notification of the decision;

(ii) within one month of the date on which notice of the correction is given under regulation 51A(3) (correction of accidental errors); or

(iii) within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 17;”.

(3) After regulation 51 (authorisation of representative) add—

“Correction of accidental errors

51A.— (1) An accidental error in a decision of the Department made under the Order, or in any record of such a decision, may be corrected by the Department at any time.

(2) Such a correction is to be treated as part of that decision or of that record.

(3) The Department must give written notice of the correction as soon as practicable to the persons to whom notice of the decision was required to be given.

(4) In calculating the time within which an application may be made under regulation 16(1)(a) (revision of decisions) for a decision to be revised, no account is to be taken of any day falling before the day on which notice of the correction was given.”.

(1)

S.R. 1992 No. 340

(2)

Regulation 16 was substituted by regulation 2(12) of S.R. 1999 No. 167