http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/section/21/enactedSocial Security Act 1998BenefitsChild supportKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-03 Social Security Act 1998Sch. 2 para. 7A and cross-headWelfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 2 para. 50(3)s. 150(3)Social Security Act 1998s. 38(1A)Welfare Reform Act 2009s. 20(2)s. 61(3)Social Security Act 1998Sch. 18The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000reg. 3(1) Sch. 2 para. 4reg. 1(1)Social Security Act 1998Sch. 24The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000reg. 3(1) Sch. 2 para. 5reg. 1(1)Social Security Act 1998ActChild Trust Funds Act 2004s. 24(5)-(7)art. 2Social Security Act 1998ActThe Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010reg. 16 Sch. 2reg. 1(2)Social Security Act 1998ActThe Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010reg. 16(2)(c) Sch. 2reg. 1(2) Part IChapter II 21 1 Regulations may provide for— a suspending payments of a relevant benefit, in whole or in part, in prescribed circumstances; b the subsequent making in prescribed circumstances of any or all of the payments so suspended. 2 Regulations made under subsection (1) above may, in particular, make provision for any case where— a it appears to the Secretary of State that an issue arises whether the conditions for entitlement to a relevant benefit are or were fulfilled; b it appears to the Secretary of State that an issue arises whether a decision as to an award of a relevant benefit should be revised (under section 9 above) or superseded (under section 10 above); c an appeal is pending against a decision of an appeal tribunal, a Commissioner or a court; or d an appeal is pending against the decision given in a different case by a Commissioner or a court, and it appears to the Secretary of State that if the appeal were to be determined in a particular way an issue would arise whether the award of a relevant benefit (whether the same benefit or not) in the case itself ought to be revised or superseded. 3 For the purposes of subsection (2) above, an appeal against a decision is pending if— a an appeal against the decision has been brought but not determined; b an application for leave to appeal against the decision has been made but not determined; or c in such circumstances as may be prescribed, an appeal against the decision has not been brought (or, as the case may be, an application for leave to appeal against the decision has not been made) but the time for doing so has not yet expired. 4 Any reference in this section or section 24 or 25 below to a relevant benefit includes a reference to statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay.