{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-amendments-relating-to-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-amendments-relating-to-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-amendments-relating-to-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Law\nMade 25th May 2022\nComing into operation 26th May 2022\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Order as the appropriate Department in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\nIn accordance with section 1(3) of that Act, it considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications and storage by these Regulations for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications and electronic storage than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and Section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2001 c. 9. The terms used in sections 1(1) and (2) are defined in section 4(1), other than “appropriate department” which has the meaning in section 2(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/178/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:34:13.366100+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."
}