{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/48",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint persons to act as Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland (but to be known as deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland) in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland.\n(2) A deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall be appointed—\n(a) from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of not less than the number of years' standing specified in section 23(2), and\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (2A), for such period or on such occasions as the Commission determines with the agreement of the Department of Justice.\n(2A) No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall be such as to extend beyond the date on which he reaches the age of 75.\n(3) Paragraph 2 applies to deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland, but paragraph 3 does not apply to them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 23 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (N.I.) (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 7; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 4(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/schedule/4/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}