The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Amendment of Schedule 1

19.  In Schedule 1(1) (calculation of N and M)—

(a)in paragraph 2—

(i)in sub-paragraphs (1), (1A) and (4), for the words “child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (3A), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;

(b)in paragraph 5—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2A), for the words “the officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraphs (2A), (3) and (5), for the words “child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”;

(c)in paragraph 16(6), for the words “child support officer” in both places in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”;

(d)in paragraphs 26, 27 and 30, for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”; and

(e)in paragraphs 27, 30 and 31, for the words “child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.