Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Child Support

   1. Maintenance calculations and interim and default maintenance decisions

      1. 1. Maintenance calculations and terminology.

      2. 2. Applications under section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991.

      3. 3. Applications by persons claiming or receiving benefit.

      4. 4. Default and interim maintenance decisions.

   2. Applications for a variation

      1. 5. Departure from usual rules for calculating maintenance.

      2. 6. Applications for a variation: further provisions.

      3. 7. Variations: revision and supersession.

   3. Revision and supersession of decisions

      1. 8. Revision of decisions.

      2. 9. Decisions superseding earlier decisions.

   4. Appeals

      1. 10. Appeals to appeal tribunals.

      2. 11. Redetermination of appeals.

   5. Information

      1. 12. Information required by Secretary of State.

      2. 13. Information— offences.

      3. 14. Inspectors.

   6. Parentage

      1. 15. Presumption of parentage in child support cases.

   7. Disqualification from driving

      1. 16. Disqualification from driving.

      2. 17. Civil imprisonment: Scotland.

   8. Financial penalties

      1. 18. Financial penalties.

      2. 19. Reduced benefit decisions.

   9. Miscellaneous

      1. 20. Voluntary payments.

      2. 21. Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit.

      3. 22. Jurisdiction.

      4. 23. Abolition of the child maintenance bonus.

      5. 24. Periodical reviews.

      6. 25. Regulations.

      7. 26. Amendments.

      8. 27. Temporary compensation payment scheme.

      9. 28. Pilot schemes.

      10. 29. Interpretation, transitional provisions, savings, etc.

3. Part II Pensions

   1. Chapter I State pensions

      1. State second pension

         1. 30. Earnings from which pension derived.

         2. 31. Calculation.

         3. 32. Calculation of Category B retirement pension.

         4. 33. Revaluation.

         5. 34. Report of Government Actuary: rebates etc.

         6. 35. Supplementary.

      2. Report on pension uprating

         1. 36. Report on cost of pension uprating in line with general earnings level.

      3. Earnings factors

         1. 37. Revaluation of earnings factors.

         2. 38. Modification of earnings factors.

      4. Preservation of rights in respect of additional pensions

         1. 39. Preservation of rights in respect of additional pensions.

      5. Other provisions

         1. 40. Home responsibilities protection.

         2. 41. Sharing of state scheme rights.

         3. 42. Disclosure of state pension information.

   2. Chapter II Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes

      1. Selection of trustees and of directors of corporate trustees

         1. 43. Member-nominated trustees.

         2. 44. Corporate trustees.

         3. 45. Employer’s proposals for selection of trustees or directors.

         4. 46. Non-compliance in relation to arrangements or proposals.

      2. Winding-up of schemes

         1. 47. Information to be given to the Authority.

         2. 48. Modification of scheme to secure winding-up.

         3. 49. Reports about winding-up.

         4. 50. Directions for facilitating winding-up.

      3. Other provisions

         1. 51. Restriction on index-linking where annuity tied to investments.

         2. 52. Information for members of schemes etc.

         3. 53. Jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman.

         4. 54. Investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman.

         5. 55. Prohibition on different rules for overseas residents etc.

         6. 56. Miscellaneous amendments and alternative to anti-franking rules.

   3. Chapter III War Pensions

      1. 57. Rights of appeal.

      2. 58. Time limit for appeals.

      3. 59. Matters relevant on appeal to Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

      4. 60. Constitution and procedure of Pensions Appeal Tribunals.

      5. 61. Composition of central advisory committee.

4. Part III Social Security

   1. Loss of benefit

      1. 62. Loss of benefit for breach of community order.

      2. 63. Loss of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance.

      3. 64. Information provision.

      4. 65. Loss of benefit regulations.

      5. 66. Appeals relating to loss of benefit.

   2. Investigation powers

      1. 67. Investigation powers.

   3. Housing benefit and council tax benefit etc.

      1. 68. Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals.

      2. 69. Discretionary financial assistance with housing.

      3. 70. Grants towards cost of discretionary housing payments.

      4. 71. Recovery of housing benefit.

   4. Child benefit

      1. 72. Child benefit disregards.

   5. Social Security Advisory Committee

      1. 73. Social Security Advisory Committee.

5. Part IV National Insurance Contributions

   1. Great Britain

      1. 74. Contributions in respect of benefits in kind: Great Britain.

      2. 75. Third party providers of benefits in kind: Great Britain.

      3. 76. Collection etc. of NICs: Great Britain.

      4. 77. Liability of earner for secondary contributions: Great Britain.

   2. Northern Ireland

      1. 78. Contributions in respect of benefits in kind: Northern Ireland.

      2. 79. Third party providers of benefits in kind: Northern Ireland.

      3. 80. Collection etc. of NICs: Northern Ireland.

      4. 81. Liability of earner for secondary contributions: Northern Ireland.

6. Part V Miscellaneous and supplemental

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 82. Tests for determining parentage.

      2. 83. Declarations of status.

   2. Supplemental

      1. 84. Expenses.

      2. 85. Repeals.

      3. 86. Commencement and transitional provisions.

      4. 87. Short title and extent.

7. Schedules:

   1. Schedule 1

      Substituted Part I of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act 1991.

   2. Schedule 2

      Substituted Schedules 4A and 4B to the 1991 Act.

      1. Part I Substituted Schedule 4A.

      2. Part II Substituted Schedule 4B.

   3. Schedule 3

      Amendment of enactments relating to child support.

   4. Schedule 4

      Additional pension.

      1. Part I The amount.

      2. Part II Surplus earnings factor.

      3. Part III Contracted-out employment etc.

      4. Part IV Other cases.

   5. Schedule 5

      Pensions: miscellaneous amendments and alternative to anti-franking rules.

      1. Part I Miscellaneous amendments.

      2. Part II Alternative to anti-franking rules.

   6. Schedule 6

      Social security investigation powers.

   7. Schedule 7

      Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals.

   8. Schedule 8

      Declarations of status: consequential amendments.

   9. Schedule 9

      Repeals and revocations.

      1. Part I Child support.

      2. Part II State pensions.

      3. Part III Occupational and personal pension schemes.

      4. Part IV War pensions.

      5. Part V Loss of benefit.

      6. Part VI Investigation powers.

      7. Part VII Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.

      8. Part VIII NICs in respect of benefits in kind.

      9. Part IX Tests for determining parentage and declarations of status.