# The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999, Paragraph 3: Decision backdated to when the change occurred

Extent: E+W+S

Where the ground for the supersession decision is that a relevant change of circumstances of the following kind has occurred, the decision takes effect from the beginning of the maintenance period in which the change occurred—
(a) a qualifying child dies or ceases to be a qualifying child;
(aa) a relevant other child dies or ceases to be a relevant other child;
(b) the person with care ceases to be a person with care in relation to a qualifying child;
(c) the person with care, the non-resident parent or a qualifying child ceases to be habitually resident in the United Kingdom; ...
(d) paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Act (flat rate for a non-resident parent whose partner is a non-resident parent) begins or ceases to apply; or
(e) the non-resident parent begins or ceases to receive a benefit mentioned in regulation 4(1) of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations (flat rate) or begins or ceases to be a person who receives, or whose partner receives, a benefit referred to in regulation 4(2) of those Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/991/schedule/3D/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/schedule-3D/paragraph-3
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