{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-41E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-41E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "section/41E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41E",
  "heading": "Power to write off arrears",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may extinguish liability in respect of arrears of child support maintenance if it appears to the Secretary of State—\n(a) that the circumstances of the case are of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, and\n(b) that it would be unfair or otherwise inappropriate to enforce liability in respect of the arrears.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the exercise of the power under subsection (1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 41E inserted (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), ss. 33, 62(3); S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(d); S.I. 2012/3042, art. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 41E(1) 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. 85"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 41E modified (10.6.2008) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 59(4); S.I. 2008/1476, art. 2(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/41E",
    "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."
}