{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Fees.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the payment, by the non-resident parent or the person with care (or by both), of such fees as may be prescribed in cases where the Secretary of State takes any action under section 4 or 6.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the payment, by the non-resident parent, the person with care or the child concerned (or by any or all of them), of such fees as may be prescribed in cases where the Secretary of State takes any action under section 7.\n(3) Regulations made under this section—\n(a) may require any information which is needed for the purpose of determining the amount of any such fee to be furnished, in accordance with the regulations, by such person as may be prescribed;\n(b) shall provide that no such fees shall be payable by any person to or in respect of whom income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, any element of child tax credit other than the family element, working tax credit or any other benefit of a prescribed kind is paid; and\n(c) may, in particular, make provision with respect to the recovery by the Secretary of State of any fees payable under the regulations.\n(4) The provisions of this Act with respect to—\n(a) the collection of child support maintenance;\n(b) the enforcement of any obligation to pay child support maintenance,\nshall apply equally (with any necessary modifications) to fees payable by virtue of regulations made under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (31.1.2001 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(2) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(1)(b); S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 47(3) inserted (7.10.1996) by Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), s. 41(2), Sch. 2 para. 20(5); S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 47(3)(b) substituted (6.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 3 para. 22; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(d)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 47(4) inserted (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), s. 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(18) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 47 wholly in force at 17.6.1992 see s. 58(2) and S.I. 1992/1431, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/34",
      "affecting_title": "Child Support Act 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/6",
      "affecting_title": "Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/47",
    "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."
}