# Child Support Act 1991, Section 12: Default and interim maintenance decisions.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where the Secretary of State—
(a) is required to make a maintenance calculation; or
(b) is proposing to make a decision under section 16 or 17,
and it appears to the Secretary of State that the Secretary of State does not have sufficient information to enable such a decision to be made, the Secretary of State may make a default maintenance decision.
(2) Where an application for a variation has been made under section 28A(1) in connection with an application for a maintenance calculation ... , the Secretary of State may make an interim maintenance decision.
(3) The amount of child support maintenance fixed by an interim maintenance decision shall be determined in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1.
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to default and interim maintenance decisions.
(5) The regulations may, in particular, make provision as to—
(a) the procedure to be followed in making a default or an interim maintenance decision; and
(b) a default rate of child support maintenance to apply where a default maintenance decision is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-12
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