Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 3354 (C.112)

      The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2000 No. 3354 (C.112)

FAMILY LAW

CHILD SUPPORT

The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000

  Made 18th December 2000 

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 86(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000.

    (2) In this Order - 

Appointed days
     2.  - (1) 31st January 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions: - 

    (2) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 is 15th February 2001.

    (3) The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 16 and 17 is 2nd April 2001.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.


P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security

18th December 2000



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into force further provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 which brings into force the Child Support Act 1991 ("the 1991 Act") as follows.

Article 2(1) commences provisions relating to changes to the child support system in sections 13, 14, 15 and 22(1) to (3) on 31st January 2001. Section 13 inserts a new section 14A into the 1991 Act which makes it a criminal offence to fail to provide information for child support purposes or to provide false information. Section 14 amends section 15 of the 1991 Act with regard to the powers of inspectors.

Section 15 adds to section 26(2) of the 1991 Act further cases where parentage may be presumed, including where the alleged parent refuses to take a scientific test or such a test shows there is no reasonable doubt he is the parent. Section 22(1) to (3) amends section 44 of the 1991 Act to extend the jurisdiction of that Act to non-resident parents who are not habitually resident in the United Kingdom but are in certain types of employment.

Article 2(2) commences section 11 on 15th February 2001. Section 11 inserts a new section 23A into the 1991 Act ("the 1991 Act") to enable the appeal tribunal to redetermine cases in certain circumstances.

Article 2(3) commences sections 16 and 17 on 2nd April 2001. These sections insert new sections 39A, 40A and 40B into the 1991 Act and amend section 40 of that Act. The provisions give power to magistrates courts in England and Wales, and the sheriff in Scotland, where there has been wilful refusal or culpable neglect to pay child support maintenance, to commit the liable person to prison, or make an order for him to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, as they consider appropriate.

The impact on business of the commencement provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment (as revised) relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill (which was introduced in the House of Commons on 1st December 1999). A copy of that Assessment has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and can be obtained from the Department of Social Security, Regulatory Impact Unit, 3rd Floor, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.



NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The following provisions have been brought into force by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2666 (C. 74)), the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2950 (C. 87)), the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2994 (C. 94)) and the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3166 (C. 101)).

Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
[3]*Section 1(3) 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Sections 3 to 5 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Section 6 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Section 7 10th November 2000 2000/2994
  1st January 2001 2000/2994
*Section 9 and 10 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Sections 16 to 21 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Section 22(3) 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Section 25 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Section 26 10th November 2000 2000/2994
  1st January 2001 2000/2994
Section 27 10th November 2000 2000/2994
  1st January 2001 2000/2994
Section 29 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Sections 30 to 35 8th January 2001 2000/2950
Section 36 1st November 2000 2000/2950
Section 37 1st December 2000 2000/3166
Section 40 8th January 2001 2000/3166
Section 41 29th September 2000 2000/2666
Section 42 1st December 2000 2000/3166
  1st January 2001 2000/3166
Section 51 1st December 2000 2000/3166
Section 52 1st January 2001 2000/3166
Section 53 1st December 2000 2000/3166
*Section 56 1st November 2000 2000/2950
Sections 57 & 58 15th November 2000 2000/2994
  9th April 2001 2000/2994
Section 59 1st January 2001 2000/2994
Section 60 9th April 2001 2000/2994
Section 61 1st January 2001 2000/2994
*Sections 62 to 65 1st December 2000 2000/2950
*Section 67 1st November 2000 2000/2950
*Section 68 1st November 2000 2000/2950
*Section 69 1st November 2000 2000/2950
*Section 71 1st November 2000 2000/2950
Section 72 9th October 2000 2000/2666
Section 73 1st November 2000 2000/2950
  1st December 2000 2000/2950
*Schedule 1 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Schedule 2 10th November 2000 2000/2994
Schedule 3 -     
paragraph 11(17) 1st January 2001 2000/2994
*paragraph 11(18) 10th November 2000 2000/2994
*Schedule 4 8th January 2001 2000/2950
Schedule 5 -     
Part I -     
Paragraphs 1 to 3, 7, 8(2), 9 and 12(1) 1st January 2001 2000/3166
paragraph 10 1st November 2000 2000/2950
*Part II    
  12th February 2001 2000/3166
  1st June 2001 2000/3166
Schedule 6 -     
paragraph 1 1st November 2000 2000/2950
paragraph 7 1st November 2000 2000/2950
paragraph 8 1st November 2000 2000/2950
Schedule 7 -     
*paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 to 10, 12 to 16, 19, 20, 21 and 23 1st November 2000 2000/2950
Schedule 9 -     
Part III, sections (3) and (4) to (9) 1st January 2001 2000/3166
Part IV 9th April 2001 2000/2994

    


Notes:

[1] 2000 c. 19.back

[2] 1991 c. 48.back

[3] In this note an asterisk indicates that the provisions in the entry to which it relates has or have been commenced in part only.back



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