Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 28A-28C substituted for ss. 28A-28C (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 5(2), 86(1)(a)(2) (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch.
(1)Where an application for a variation has been duly made to the [F2Secretary of State], [F2the Secretary of State] may give it a preliminary consideration.
(2)[F3The Secretary of State may on completing such a] preliminary consideration, reject the application (and proceed to make [F4a] decision on the application for a maintenance calculation without any variation) if it appears to [F5the [F6Secretary of State]]—
(a)that there are no grounds on which [F7a variation could be agreed to];
(b)that [F8the Secretary of State] has insufficient information to make a decision on the application for the maintenance calculation under section 11 (apart from any information needed in relation to the application for a variation), and therefore that [F8the Secretary of State’s] decision would be made under section 12(1); or
(c)that other prescribed circumstances apply.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 28B(1) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(2)
F3Words in s. 28B(2) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(3)(a)
F4Word in s. 28B(2) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(3)(b)
F5Words in s. 28B(2) substituted (1.11.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 3 para. 26(3)(d); S.I. 2008/2675, art. 3(b)
F6Words in s. 28B(2) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(3)(c)
F7Words in s. 28B(2)(a) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(3)(d)
F8Words in s. 28B(2)(b) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 24(3)(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 28B modified (31.1.2001) by The Child Support (Variations) (Modification of Statutory Provisions) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3173), regs. 1(1), 2, 4