The Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

6.  For regulation 22, there shall be substituted the following regulation:—

“Confidentiality

22.— (1) No information such as is mentioned in paragraph (2), and which has been provided for the purposes of any proceedings to which these Regulations apply, shall be disclosed if, before the expiry of the period of 21 days specified in paragraph (3), written notification has been received from the person to whom the information relates that he does not consent to such disclosure.

(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—

(a) the address of the person referred to in that paragraph; and

(b) any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to that person being located.

(3) Except where the proceedings relate to an application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner or to an appeal in either case made under section 46(7) of the Act (Failure to comply with obligations imposed by section 6) or regulation 42(9) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992(1)(Review of a reduced benefit direction), the Office of the Commissioner shall notify the person to whom the information referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) relates of the provisions of those paragraphs and that disclosure of that information may be made unless the written notification specified in paragraph (1) is received before the expiry of the period of 21 days beginning with the date the notification by the Office of the Commissioner was given or sent to that person.”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/1813.