Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

17 Power to regulate supersession

In section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) (decisions superseding earlier decisions), for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the exercise of the power under subsection (1).

(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular—

(a) make provision about the cases and circumstances in which the power under subsection (1) is exercisable, including provision restricting the exercise of that power by virtue of change of circumstance;

(b) make provision with respect to the consideration by the Commission, when acting under subsection (1), of any issue which has not led to its so acting;

(c) make provision with respect to procedure in relation to the exercise of the power under subsection (1).”