{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Meaning of “child”",
  "text": "For section 55 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) substitute—\n“Meaning of “child”\n55 (1) In this Act, “child” means (subject to subsection (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 Act.\n(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), “marriage” and “civil partnership” include a void marriage and a void civil partnership respectively.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 42 wholly in force; s. 42 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 62; s. 42 in force for certain purposes at 8.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(e); s. 42 otherwise in force at 10/12/2012 by S.I. 2012/3042, art. 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/6/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:10.634132+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."
}