{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2548",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2008.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1991 Act” means the Child Support Act 1991;\n“the relevant date” means the 27th October 2008.\n(3) In this Order, except where otherwise stated, any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is a reference to a section of, or Schedule to, the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 48."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2548/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:13.341877+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."
}