{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-commissioners-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-commissioners-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-commissioners-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Determinations and decisions of a Commissioner",
  "text": "(1) The determination of a Commissioner on an application for leave to appeal shall be in writing and signed by him.\n(2) The decision of a Commissioner on an appeal shall be in writing and signed by him and, unless it was a decision made with the consent of the parties, he shall include the reasons.\n(3) The office shall send a copy of the determination or decision and any reasons to each party.\n(4) Without prejudice to paragraphs (2) and (3), a Commissioner may announce his determination or decision at the end of a hearing.\n(5) When giving his decision on an application or appeal, whether in writing or orally, a Commissioner shall omit any reference to the surname of any child to whom the application or appeal relates and so far as practicable, any other information which would be likely, whether directly or indirectly, to identify that child.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(5) inserted (31.3.2007) by The Social Security and Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/146), regs. 1(1), 3(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 7.6.1999, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/226/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:19:34.330733+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."
}