PART IIAmendment of the Departure Direction Regulations
Amendment of regulation 4148
In regulation 41 M1 (child support maintenance payable where effect of a departure direction would be to decrease an absent parent’s assessable income but case still fell within paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 1 to the Act)–
a
in paragraph (5), for the words “the child support officer" there shall be substituted the words “
the Secretary of State
”
;
b
in paragraph (6), for the words “a review under section 16 of the Act by a child support officer of a maintenance assessment the effective date of which is on or before 8th December 1996 or a revision by the Secretary of State under that section after 6th December 1998, or a review under section 17, 18 or 19 of the Act", there shall be substituted the words “a decision under section 16 of the Act revising a decision as to a maintenance assessment or a decision under section 17 of the Act superseding a decision as to a maintenance assessment".