16.—(1) In paragraph (1) of Article 25 (appeal to Child Support Commissioner), for the words “a child support appeal tribunal, and any child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “an appeal tribunal, and the Department”.
(2) Paragraph (1A) of that Article shall cease to have effect.
(3) In paragraph (3) of that Article—
(a)for the words “the child support appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “the appeal tribunal”;
(b)for the words “a child support appeal tribunal”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “an appeal tribunal”; and
(c)for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Department”.
(4) For paragraph (4) of that Article there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(4) The reference under paragraph (3) to the Department shall, subject to any direction of the Child Support Commissioner, be to an officer of the Department, or to a person providing it with services, who has taken no part in the decision originally appealed against.”.
(5) In paragraph (5) of that Article, for the words “a child support appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “an appeal tribunal”.
(6) In paragraph (6)(a) of that Article—
(a)for the words “who was the chairman of the child support appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “who constituted, or was the chairman of, the appeal tribunal”; and
(b)for the words “such other chairman of a child support appeal tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “such other person”.
(7) In paragraph (8) of that Article, for the words “a child support officer”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “the Department”.