Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland)

Revision of decisions

8.—(1) Article 18 of the Child Support Order (revision of decisions) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for “of the Department under Article 13, 14 or 19” there shall be substituted “to which paragraph (1A) applies”.

(3) After paragraph (1), there shall be inserted—

“(1A) This paragraph applies to—

(a) a decision of the Department under Article 13, 14 or 19;

(b) a reduced benefit decision under Article 43;

(c) a decision of an appeal tribunal on a referral under Article 28D(1)(b).

(1B) Where the Department revises a decision under Article 14(1)—

(a) it may (if appropriate) do so as if it were revising a decision under Article 13; and

(b) if it does that, its decision, as revised, shall be treated as a decision under Article 13 instead of Article 14(1) (and, in particular, shall be so treated for the purposes of an appeal against it under Article 22).”.