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.