{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Applications for declaration of parentage under Family Law Act 1986.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) an application for a maintenance calculation has been made ... , or a maintenance calculation is in force, with respect to a person (“the alleged parent”) who denies that he is a parent of a child with respect to whom the application or calculation was made ... ;\n(b) the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the case falls within one of those set out in section 26(2); and\n(c) the Secretary of State or the person with care makes an application for a declaration under section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986 as to whether or not the alleged parent is one of the child’s parents.\n(2) Where this section applies—\n(a) if it is the person with care who makes the application, she shall be treated as having a sufficient personal interest for the purposes of subsection (3) of that section; and\n(b) if it is the Secretary of State who makes the application, that subsection shall not apply.\n(3) This section does not apply to Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27 substituted (1.4.2001) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(d)(2), Sch. 8 para. 13 (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2001/774, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(a) repealed (27.10.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 8; S.I. 2008/2548, art. 3(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(b)(c) 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. 1(2), Sch. para. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(2)(b) 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. 1(2), Sch. para. 17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:00.270775+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."
}