The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

PART XI AMENDMENT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1995

Substitution of regulation 56

39.  For regulation 56 (reviews consequent on amendments made by these Regulations) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Supersessions consequent on amendments made by these Regulations

56.   Where a fresh assessment is made by virtue of a decision under section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 superseding an earlier decision in consequence of the coming into force of regulation 48—

(a) the decision under section 17; and

(b) that fresh maintenance assessment,

shall have effect as from the first day of the maintenance period following 18th December 1995.”.

Amendment of regulation 57

40.  In regulation 57 (transitional and consequential provisions)—

(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) A decision with respect to a maintenance assessment shall not be superseded by a decision under section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 solely to give effect to the provisions set out in paragraph (2).”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for the words “Where a review” there shall be substituted the words “Where a decision is made under section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 superseding an earlier decision”; and

(ii) for the words “that review” there shall be substituted the words “that decision”; and

(c) paragraph (4) shall be omitted.