Paragraph 5 I1I2

Section 20 (appeals to First-tier Tribunal), as substituted by section 10 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (and subsequently amended), is amended as follows.

After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

Regulations may provide that, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, there is a right of appeal against a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) only if the F1Secretary of State has considered whether to revise the decision under section 16.

(2B)

The regulations may in particular provide that that condition is met only where—

(a)

the consideration by the Secretary of State was on an application,

(b)

the Secretary of State considered issues of a specified description, or

(c)

the consideration by the Secretary of State satisfied any other condition specified in the regulations.”

At the end of subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(c)

provision that, where in accordance with regulations under subsection (2A) there is no right of appeal against a decision, any purported appeal may be treated as an application for revision under section 16.”