The Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Transitional provisions

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations shall apply to—

(a) all proceedings before the Commissioners;

(b) applications to a chairman for leave to appeal on or after 7th June 1999.

(2) In relation to any appeal or application for leave to appeal from any child support appeal tribunal constituted under the Order, these Regulations shall have effect with the modifications that—

(a) “appeal tribunal” includes a reference to any such tribunal;

(b) “Department” includes a reference to a child support officer;

(c) “three months” shall be substituted for “one month” in regulation 10(1) and “42 days” shall be substituted for “one month” in regulations 11(2) and 15(1); and

(d) under regulation 11 a Commissioner may for special reasons accept an application for leave to appeal even though the applicant has not sought to obtain leave to appeal from the Chairman.

(3) Any transitional question arising under any application or appeal in consequence of the coming into operation of these Regulations shall be determined by a Commissioner who may for this purpose give such directions as he may think just, including modifying the normal requirements of these Regulations in relation to the application or appeal.