{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-2003/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110451058",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Appeals against decisions which have been revised",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a decision—\n(i) under section 8 or 10 is revised under section 9; or\n(ii) under Article 9 or 11 is revised under Article 10,\nbefore an appeal against that decision is determined; and\n(b) the decision as revised is not more advantageous to the appellant than the decision before it was revised.\n(2) The appeal shall not lapse and is to be treated as though it had been brought against the decision as revised.\n(3) The appellant shall have a period of one month from the date of notification of the decision as revised to make further representations as to the appeal.\n(4) After the expiration of the period specified in paragraph (3), or within that period if the appellant consents in writing, the appeal shall proceed unless, in the light of the further representations from the appellant, the Board further revise their decision and that decision is more advantageous to the appellant than the decision before it was revised.\n(5) Decisions which are more advantageous to the appellant include those in consequence of which—\n(a) child benefit or guardian’s allowance paid to him is greater or is awarded for a longer period;\n(b) the amount of benefit or allowance in payment would have been greater but for the operation of—\n(i) any provision of the Administration Act or the Administration (NI) Act; or\n(ii) any provision of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or any provision of the Contributions and Benefits (NI) Act, restricting or suspending the payment of, or disqualifying a claimant from receiving, some or all of the benefit or allowance;\n(c) a denial or disqualification for the receiving of benefit or allowance is lifted wholly or in part;\n(d) a decision to pay benefit or allowance to a third party is reversed;\n(e) benefit or allowance paid is not recoverable under—\n(i) section 71 of the Administration Act or section 69 of the Administration (NI) Act; or\n(ii) regulations made under either of those sections;\n(f) the amount of benefit or allowance paid which is recoverable as mentioned in sub-paragraph (e) is reduced; or\n(g) a financial gain accrues or will accrue to the appellant in consequence of the decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 71 was amended by section 32(1) of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), section 1 of the Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996 (c. 51), paragraph 81 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998, paragraphs 1 and 3(c) of Schedule 1 to the Tax Credits Act 1999, paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 6, to the Tax Credits Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 71 was amended by Article 33(1) of, and paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S,I, 1995/2705 (N.I. 15), section 2 of the Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996, paragraph 62 of Schedule 6 to S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), paragraphs 1 and 5(c) of Schedule 1 to the Tax Credits Act 1999 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4, and Schedule 6, to the Tax Credits Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110451058/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:26.437813+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."
}