New Clause 16
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
Public Bill Committees, 16 October 2007, 4:30 pm
Variations: Commission’s power to initiate
‘After Section 28G of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) insert—
“28H (1) The Commission may consider a variation on its own initiative (an ‘own-initiative application’), where it has information or evidence available to it which suggests that the case is one which may fall within Part 1 of Schedule 4B or in regulations made under that Part.
(2) The Commission may by regulations provide for—
(a) sections 16, 17 and 20; and
(b) sections 28A to 28G and Schedules 4A and 4B to apply with prescribed modifications in relation to such an own initiative application.”’.—[Andrew Selous.]