The Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
These Regulations amend the Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (“the 1993 Regulations”) so as to—provide that the Department of Health and Social Services (“the Department”) shall be included as a party to certain proceedings (regulation 2(2));provide that where an application for leave to appeal is made by a child support officer or by the Department under Article 25(1A) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, the child support officer or the Department, as the case may be, shall send a copy of the application to each person who was a party to the proceedings before the appeal tribunal (regulation 2(3));provide that, except where the Department is already a party to the proceedings, it may at any time apply to a Commissioner for leave to intervene in an appeal pending before a Commissioner (regulation 2(4)); andprovide that information which has been provided for the purposes of any proceedings to which the 1993 Regulations apply may be disclosed, unless within 21 days the person to which that information relates gives written notification that he does not consent to such disclosure (regulation 2(5)).