12.—(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.