The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998

Insertion of regulation 34A into the Departure Direction Regulations

19.  After regulation 34 of the Departure Direction Regulations (cancellation of a departure direction on recognition of an error), there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Correction of accidental errors in departure directions

34A.— (1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), accidental errors in any departure direction made by the Secretary of State or record of such a departure direction may, at any time, be corrected by the Secretary of State and a correction made to, or to the record of, that departure direction shall be deemed to be part of that direction or of that record.

(2) Where the Secretary of State has made a correction under the provisions of paragraph (1), he shall immediately notify the persons who were notified of the departure direction that has been corrected, so far as that is reasonably practicable.

(3) In determining whether the time limit specified in section 28H(3) of the Act has been complied with, there shall be disregarded any day falling before the day on which notification was given or sent under paragraph (2).

(4) The power to correct errors under this regulation shall not be taken to limit any other powers to correct errors that are exercisable apart from these Regulations.”.