Section 193 — Social Security Act 2018: No reduction in certain cases

193 No reduction in certain cases (1) MSD must not reduce a benefit under section 192(2) if MSD is satisfied that— (a) there is insufficient evidence available to establish who is in law the other parent; or (b) the beneficiary is taking active steps to identify who is in law the other parent; or (c) the beneficiary or any of the beneficiary’s children would be at risk of violence if the beneficiary did or took steps to do any of the things referred to in section 192(2) ; or (d) the child was conceived as a result of incest or sexual violation; or (e) there is some other compelling circumstance for the beneficiary’s failure or refusal to do any of the things referred to in section 192(2) and in any event there is no real likelihood of child support being collected in the foreseeable future from the other parent or the other parent’s estate. (2) In subsection (1)(c), violence has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 70A(3), (9)