{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-46A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-46A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "section/46A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46A",
  "heading": "Finality of decisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to any provision made by or under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, any decision of ... the Secretary of State or the First-tier Tribunal made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be final.\n(2) If and to the extent that regulations so provide, any finding of fact or other determination embodied in or necessary to such a decision, or on which such a decision is based, shall be conclusive for the purposes of—\n(a) further such decisions;\n(b) decisions made in accordance with sections 8 to 16 of the Social Security Act 1998, or with regulations under section 11 of that Act; and\n(c) decisions made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 46A, 46B inserted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.6.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), s. 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 44; S.I. 1999/528, art. 2(a), Sch.; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 46A(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 93(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 46A(1) omitted (1.8.2012) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 56"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 46A(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 93(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/46A",
    "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."
}