Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 19992
1
The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 19995 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
2
In regulation 6B (circumstances in which a child support decision may not be superseded)6—
a
for paragraph (3) substitute—
3
Where the application for a supersession is made on more than one ground, if those grounds which do not relate to the net income of the non-resident parent lead to a superseding decision this regulation shall not apply to the ground relating to the net income of that parent.
b
after paragraph (4) add—
5
Where an application has been made to which paragraph (1) applied (“application A”) and a further application (“application B”) is made for a supersession on a ground other than one relating to the net income of the non-resident parent, the Secretary of State may make a superseding decision on the basis that application A was made at the same time as application B.