The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996

Amendment of regulation 13 of the Appeals Regulations

60.—(1) Regulation 13 of the Appeals Regulations (decisions) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3A), for the words “and of the terms of any direction under section 20(4) of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “, of the terms of any direction under section 20(4) of the Act and of the terms of any decision made by the tribunal under section 28H(4)(c) of the Act or on a referral”.

(3) After paragraph (3E), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3F) Paragraphs (1) and (3D) shall not apply where the tribunal is constituted in accordance with the provisions of regulation 11A.”.

(4) For paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(4) A child support officer may apply to the tribunal or another tribunal for directions or further directions and the tribunal may give such directions or further directions as it thinks fit where the child support officer—

(a) to whom a case is referred by the Secretary of State under section 20(3) of the Act (procedure following a successful appeal) is uncertain, having regard to the terms of the decision and of any directions contained in it, how he should deal with the case; or

(b) who has been notified of a decision of a tribunal on an appeal under section 28H of the Act or on a referral is uncertain, having regard to the terms of that decision or of any departure direction given by that tribunal, how he should deal with the case.”.