Application of section 17 of the 1998 Act or Article 17 of the 1998 Order12

1

Section 17 of the 1998 Act (“section 17”) or, in Northern Ireland, Article 17 of the 1998 Order (“Article 17”) (finality of decisions), shall apply to a decision of an appeal tribunal or a Social Security Commissioner on a child trust fund appeal, with the following modifications.

2

For subsection (1) of section 17 substitute the following subsection—

1

Subject to the provisions of—

a

sections 12 to 16, and 28 of this Act (as modified by the Child Trust Funds (Non-tax Appeals) Regulations 2004), and

b

sections 21(9) and (10) and 22 to 24 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004,

any decisions made in accordance with those provisions in respect of a child trust fund appeal which, in accordance with section 24 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004, is to an appeal tribunal or lies to a Commissioner, shall be final.

3

For paragraph (1) of Article 17 substitute the following paragraph—

1

Subject to the provisions of—

a

Articles 13 to 16, and 28 of this Order (as modified by the Child Trust Funds (Non-tax Appeals) Regulations 2004), and

b

sections 21(9) and (10) and 22 to 24 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004],

any decisions made in accordance with those provisions in respect of a child trust fund appeal which, in accordance with section 24 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004, is to an appeal tribunal or lies to a Commissioner, shall be final.

4

Omit subsection (2)(b) and (c) of section 17 and paragraph (2)(b) and (c) of Article 17.