155.New section 15(1) allows Secretary of State to appoint inspectors. This provision allows the Secretary of State to set the terms of appointment. It is intended that inspectors will be appointed for fixed periods. Normally, inspectors will work for the CSA, but on occasion other people with special qualifications will be appointed for specific tasks. It is intended, for example, to have reciprocal arrangements with inspectors in local authorities and the Benefits Agency.
156.New section 15(4) sets out the inspectors’ powers to enter at any reasonable time, either alone or accompanied, the premises defined in subsection (4A) as being liable to inspection. In these premises, the inspector is empowered to examine and enquire as he thinks appropriate.
157.New section 15(4A) defines premises liable to inspection for the purpose of subsection (4). These are any premises other than places used only as a person’s home in which:
	a non-resident parent is working, or where he has been working (as an employee or on a self-employed basis); or
	where another person holds information in a professional capacity about a non-resident parent.
158.Subsection (3) of section 14 amends subsection (6) of section 15 to allow inspectors to obtain from the persons named in subsection (5) (any person aged 18 or over whom the inspector finds on the premises) any information and documents which the inspector reasonably requires.
159.Subsection (4) inserts subsection (11) in section 15, which provides that premises include:
Part 1: Child Support. Commentary on Sections Information Amended section 15: Inspectors