# The Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order 2006, Article 2: Contracting out of functions relating to child support


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any function of the Secretary of State relating to child support under or by virtue of the provisions of the 1991 Act, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised by the Secretary of State.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not include functions under the following provisions—
(a) section 15 of the 1991 Act (powers of inspectors);
(b) section 35 of the 1991 Act (enforcement of liability orders by distress);
(c) section 39A of the 1991 Act (commitment to prison and disqualification from driving); and
(d) section 40B of the 1991 Act (disqualification from driving: further provision),
or any other functions excluded from section 69 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 by section 71 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1692/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-child-support-order-2006/article-2
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