6.—(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation), omit the definitions of “the Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments Regulations”, “the Maintenance Calculation Procedure Regulations”, “the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations”, “relevant other child”, “relevant person” and “Variations Regulations”.
(3) Omit regulations 3A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7B, 7C, 15A, 15B, 15C, 23 and 24.
(4) In regulation 4 (late application for a revision)—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit “or 3A(1)(a)”;
(b)in paragraph (2), omit “the relevant person”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4), omit “or 3A”; and
(d)in paragraph (5), omit “and regulation 3A(1)(a)”.
(5) In the heading to regulation 30 (appeal against a decision which has been replaced or revised) omit “replaced or”.
(6) In regulation 30 (appeal against a decision which has been revised)—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) An appeal against a decision of the Secretary of State or the Board or an officer of the Board shall not lapse where—
(a)the decision is revised under section 9 before the appeal is determined; and
(b)the decision as revised is not more advantageous to the appellant than the decision before it was revised.”;
(b)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) Where a decision as revised under section 9 is not more advantageous to the appellant than the decision before it was revised, the appeal shall be treated as though it had been brought against the decision as revised.”; and
(c)in paragraphs (4) and (5), omit “replaced or”.
(7) In regulation 33 (notice of appeal), omit paragraph (2)(d).
(8) Omit Schedule 3D (effective dates for supersession of child support decisions).
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1999/991; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2570, 2000/3185, 2001/158, 2008/2683, 2009/396 and 2011/1464.