{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/10",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Meaning of “child”",
  "text": "For Article 3 of the Child Support Order substitute—\n“Meaning of “child”\n3 (1) In this Order, “child” means (subject to paragraph (2)) a person who—\n(a) has not attained the age of 16, or\n(b) has not attained the age of 20 and satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed.\n(2) A person who is or has been party to a marriage or civil partnership is not a child for the purposes of this Order.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “marriage” and “civil partnership” include a void marriage and a void civil partnership respectively.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in operation at 3.12.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/423, art. 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 26 in operation at 10.12.2012 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2012/440, art. 2(2)(b) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/10/section/26",
    "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."
}