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SCHEDULES

[F1F2SCHEDULE 4CN.I.DECISIONS AND APPEALS: DEPARTURE DIRECTIONS AND REDUCED BENEFIT DIRECTIONS, ETC.

F2prosp. in pt. rep. by 2000 c. 4 (NI)

Decisions and appeals dependent on other casesN.I.

4.(1) Article 28ZA shall also apply where—N.I.

(a)a decision falls to be made—

(i)with respect to a departure direction, a reduced benefit direction or a person's liability under Article 40, by the Department; or

(ii)with respect to a departure direction, by an appeal tribunal on a referral under Article 28D(1)(b); and

(b)an appeal is pending against a decision given with respect to a different direction by a Child Support Commissioner or a court.

(2) Article 28ZA as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the reference in paragraph (3) to Article 18 were a reference to that Article as extended by paragraph 1.

(3) Article 28ZA as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) shall have effect as if—

(a)in paragraph (2), for the words “the Department”, in each place where they occur, there were substituted the words “ the appeal tribunal ”; and

(b)in paragraph (3)—

(i)for the words “the Department” there were substituted the words “ the appeal tribunal ”;

(ii)for the word “it” there were substituted the words “ the Department ”; and

(iii)for the word “its” there were substituted the words “ the tribunal's ”.]