# Child Support Act 1991, Section 51: Supplementary powers to make regulations.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such incidental, supplemental and transitional provision as he considers appropriate in connection with any provision made by or under this Act.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision—
(a) as to the procedure to be followed with respect to—
(i) the making of applications for maintenance calculations;
(ii) the making of decisions under section 11;
(iii) the making of decisions under section 16 or 17;
(b) extending the categories of case to which section 16, 17 or 20 applies;
(c) as to the date on which an application for a maintenance calculation is to be treated as having been made;
(d) for attributing payments made under maintenance calculations to the payment of arrears;
(e) for the adjustment, for the purpose of taking account of the retrospective effect of a maintenance calculation, of amounts payable under the calculation;
(f) for the adjustment, for the purpose of taking account of over-payments or under-payments of child support maintenance, of amounts payable under a maintenance calculation;
(g) as to the evidence which is to be required in connection with such matters as may be prescribed;
(h) as to the circumstances in which any official record or certificate is to be conclusive (or in Scotland, sufficient) evidence;
(i) with respect to the giving of notices or other documents;
(j) for the rounding up or down of any amounts calculated, estimated or otherwise arrived at in applying any provision made by or under this Act.
(3) No power to make regulations conferred by any other provision of this Act shall be taken to limit the powers given to the Secretary of State by this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/section-51
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