# Child Support Act 1991, Section 28B: Preliminary consideration of applications.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where an application for a variation has been duly made to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may give it a preliminary consideration.
(2) The Secretary of State may on completing such a preliminary consideration, reject the application (and proceed to make a decision on the application for a maintenance calculation without any variation) if it appears to the Secretary of State—
(a) that there are no grounds on which a variation could be agreed to;
(b) that the Secretary of State has insufficient information to make a decision on the application for the maintenance calculation under section 11 (apart from any information needed in relation to the application for a variation), and therefore that the Secretary of State’s decision would be made under section 12(1); or
(c) that other prescribed circumstances apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/28B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-28B
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