Child Support Act 1995

Supplemental

26Regulations and orders

(1)Any power under this Act to make regulations or orders shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)Any such power may be exercised to make different provision for different cases, including different provision for different areas.

(3)Any such power includes power—

(a)to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient; and

(b)to provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.

(4)Subsection (5) applies to—

(a)the first regulations made under section 10;

(b)any order made under section 18(5);

(c)the first regulations made under section 24.

(5)No regulations or order to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations or order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

(6)Any other statutory instrument made under this Act, other than one made under section 30(4), shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

27Interpretation

(1)In this Act “the 1991 Act” means the [1991 c. 48.] Child Support Act 1991.

(2)Expressions in this Act which are used in the 1991 Act have the same meaning in this Act as they have in that Act.

28Financial provisions

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under or by virtue of this Act;

(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under or by virtue of any other enactment.

29Provision for Northern Ireland

(1)An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 28.] Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of this Act—

(a)shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but

(b)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)The Secretary of State may make arrangements with the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland with a view to securing, to the extent allowed for in the arrangements, that—

(a)the provision made by or under sections 10 and 24 (“the provision made for Great Britain”); and

(b)the provision made by or under any corresponding enactment having effect with respect to Northern Ireland (“the provision made for Northern Ireland”),

provide for a single system within the United Kingdom.

(3)The Secretary of State may make regulations for giving effect to any such arrangements.

(4)The regulations may, in particular—

(a)adapt legislation (including subordinate legislation) for the time being in force in Great Britain so as to secure its reciprocal operation with the provision made for Northern Ireland; and

(b)make provision to secure that acts, omissions and events which have any effect for the purposes of the provision made for Northern Ireland have a corresponding effect for the purposes of the provision made for Great Britain.

30Short title, commencement, extent etc

(1)This Act may be cited as the Child Support Act 1995.

(2)This Act and the 1991 Act may be cited together as the Child Support Acts 1991 and 1995.

(3)Section 29 and this section (apart from subsection (5)) come into force on the passing of this Act.

(4)The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(5)Schedule 3 makes minor and consequential amendments.

(6)This Act, except for—

(a)sections 17, 27 and 29,

(b)this section, and

(c)paragraphs 1, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 3,

does not extend to Northern Ireland.