Commentary on provisions of Act Section 4: Appeal of a liability order
Section 4 amends the route of appeal to allow a right of appeal to a court and provides for consequential amendments.
	Subsection (2) inserts new provisions in new section 32N of the 1991 Act which sets out regulation making powers of the SoS:
	New section 32N(3) of the 1991 Act requires the SoS to make regulations giving a NRP a right of appeal to a court against a liability order.
	New section 32N(4) of the 1991 Act provides that on an appeal the court cannot question the maintenance calculation itself (this was previously the case with liability orders issued under section 33 of the 1991 Act).
	New section 32N(5) of the 1991 Act provides that the SoS may make regulations about the period in which to exercise the right of appeal and about the powers of the court on appeal.
	Subsection (3) sets out consequential amendments to section 32M(3) of the 1991 Act.
	Subsection (4) amends section 52 of the 1991 Act by requiring the first regulations under the new section 32N(3) to be subject to the affirmative parliamentary procedure.
	Subsection (5) amends Schedule 7 to the 2008 Act by removing paragraph 1(3) to (6), which provide for consequential amendments to section 20 of the 1991 Act relating to an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.