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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "nia/2008/10",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“interested parties” has such meaning as may be prescribed;\n“maintenance assessment” means an assessment of maintenance made under the Child Support Order;\n“maintenance calculation” means a calculation of maintenance made under that Order;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Department;\n“statutory scheme” means the scheme for child support maintenance under that Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 in operation at 18.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/175, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 in operation at 30.6.2014 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2014/194, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:22.763734+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}