Magistrates have no power to question an assessment made by the Child Support Agency when making a deduction order.
Citations:
Independent 30-Jan-1996, [1996] 2 FLR 241
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Farley v Child Support Agency and Another; Farley v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (No. 2) HL 28-Jun-2006
Magistrates were wrong to think they had a discretion to look at the validity of a liability assessment under child support legislation. The Act gave the payer alternative avenues of appeal, and therefore the Act should be read as it stated and the . .
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Child Support
Updated: 22 April 2022; Ref: scu.89096