The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992

Notice of a review of a decision by a child support officer

25.—(1) Where on an application for a review under section 18 of the Act a child support officer proposes to conduct such a review, he shall give 14 days' notice of the proposed review to the relevant persons.

(2) A child support officer proposing to conduct a review under section 18 of the Act shall—

(a) send to the relevant persons the applicant’s reasons for making the application for the review;

(b) where a maintenance assessment is in force, send to the relevant persons the information that was included, under the provisons of regulation 10(2), in the notification of that assessment made under the provisions of regulation 10(1);

(c) invite representations, either in person or in writing, from the relevant persons on any matter relating to the review and set out the provisions of paragraphs (3) to (6) in relation to such representations.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where the child support officer conducting the review does not within 14 days of the date on which notice of the review was given receive a request from a relevant person to make representations in person, or receives such a request and arranges for an appointment for such representations to be made but that appointment is not kept, he may complete the review in the absence of such representations from that person.

(4) Where the child support officer conducting the review is satisfied that there was good reason for failure to keep an appointment, he shall provide for a further opportunity for the making of representations by the relevant person concerned before he completes the review.

(5) Where the child support officer conducting the review does not receive written representations from a relevant person within 14 days of the date on which notice of the review was given, he may complete the review in the absence of written representations from that person.

(6) Except where a person gives written permission to the Secretary of State that the information, in relation to him, mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) below may be conveyed to other persons, any document given or sent under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) shall not contain—

(a) the address of any person other than the recipient of the document in question (other than the address of the office of the child support officer concerned) or any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any such person being located;

(b) any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to any person other than a qualifying child or relevant person being identified.