12.—(1) For paragraphs (1) and (1A) of Article 14 (interim maintenance assessments) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(1) Where the Department—
(a)is required to make a maintenance assessment; or
(b)is proposing to make a decision under Article 18 or 19,
and (in either case) it appears to the Department that it does not have sufficient information to enable it to do so, the Department may make an interim maintenance assessment.”.
(2) In paragraph (4) of that Article—
(a)for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Department”; and
(b)for the word “his” there shall be substituted the word “its”.
(3) In paragraph (5) of that Article—
(a)for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Department”; and
(b)for the word “he” there shall be substituted the word “it”.