{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2907",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Unreasonably high housing costs",
  "text": "A case shall constitute a case for the purposes of paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 4B to the Act where—\n(a) the housing costs of the non-applicant exceed the limits set out in paragraph (1) of regulation 18 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations (excessive housing costs);\n(b) the non-applicant falls within paragraph (2) of that regulation or would fall within that paragraph if it applied to parents with care; and\n(c) the Secretary of State is satisfied that the housing costs of the non-applicant are substantially higher than is necessary taking into account any special circumstances applicable to that non-applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Instrument Regulations revoked (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2785), reg. 10(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2907/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:32:00.148055+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."
}