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Child Support Act 1991

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28A Application for variation of usual rules for calculating maintenance.

(1) Where an application for a maintenance calculation is made under section 4 or 7 ... the person with care or the non-resident parent or (in the case of an application under section 7) either of them or the child concerned may apply to the Secretary of State for the rules by which the calculation is made to be varied in accordance with this Act. (2) Such an application is referred to in this Act as an “application for a variation”. (3) An application for a variation may be made at any time before the Secretary of State has reached a decision (under section 11 or 12(1)) on the application for a maintenance calculation ... . (4) A person who applies for a variation— (a) need not make the application in writing unless the Secretary of State directs in any case that he must; and (b) must say upon what grounds the application is made. (5) In other respects an application for a variation is to be made in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) Schedule 4A has effect in relation to applications for a variation.

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28A Application for variation of usual rules for calculating maintenance.

(1) Where an application for a maintenance calculation is made under section 4 or 7 ... the person with care or the non-resident parent or (in the case of an application under section 7) either of them or the child concerned may apply to the Secretary of State for the rules by which the calculation is made to be varied in accordance with this Act. (2) Such an application is referred to in this Act as an “application for a variation”. (3) An application for a variation may be made at any time before the Secretary of State has reached a decision (under section 11 or 12(1)) on the application for a maintenance calculation ... . (4) A person who applies for a variation— (a) need not make the application in writing unless the Secretary of State directs in any case that he must; and (b) must say upon what grounds the application is made. (5) In other respects an application for a variation is to be made in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) Schedule 4A has effect in relation to applications for a variation.

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