{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide—\n(za) for how it is to be determined whether the care of a qualifying child is to be shared as mentioned in paragraph 7(2);\n(a) for which nights are to count for the purposes of shared care under paragraphs 7 and 8, ... ;\n(b) for what counts, or does not count, as “care” for those purposes; and\n(ba) for how it is to be determined how many nights count for those purposes;\n(c) for paragraph 7(3) or 8(2) to have effect, in prescribed circumstances, as if the period mentioned there were other than 12 months, and in such circumstances for the Table in paragraph 7(4) (or that Table as modified pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 10A(2)(a)), or the period mentioned in paragraph 8(2), to have effect with prescribed adjustments.\n(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(ba) may include provision enabling the Secretary of State to proceed for a prescribed period on the basis of a prescribed assumption.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (10.11.2000 for specified purposes, 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 1(3), 86(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with ss. 28, 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2003/192, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1) renumbered (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(1); S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(za) inserted (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(a) repealed (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 8; S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(g); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(g)(i), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(g)(i), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(e)(i) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(ba) inserted (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(3); S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9(2) inserted (8.10.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), s. 62(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(4); S.I. 2012/2523, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2012/3042, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 6) (as amended (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1860, art. 6 and (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 6); S.I. 2013/1860, arts. 2(b), 3 (with arts. 5, 7) (as amended (24.6.2014) by S.I. 2014/1635, art. 7); S.I. 2013/2947, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2) substituted (1.8.2012) by The Public Bodies (Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2007), art. 3(2), Sch. para. 95(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:00.270775+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."
}