{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Power to regulate supersession",
  "text": "In section 17 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) (decisions superseding earlier decisions), for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—\n“(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the exercise of the power under subsection (1).\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular—\n(a) make provision about the cases and circumstances in which the power under subsection (1) is exercisable, including provision restricting the exercise of that power by virtue of change of circumstance;\n(b) make provision with respect to the consideration by the Secretary of State, when acting under subsection (1), of any issue which has not led to the Secretary of State's so acting;\n(c) make provision with respect to procedure in relation to the exercise of the power under subsection (1).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 3(2), Sch. para. 77"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 3(2), Sch. para. 77"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 partly in force; s. 17 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 62; s. 17 in force for certain purposes at 8.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(c); s. 17 in force for certain further purposes at 10.12.2012 by S.I. 2012/3042, art. 2(c);"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 29.7.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(c), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/6/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:10.634132+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}