{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-departure-direction-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY LAW\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 21st November 1996\nComing into operation 2nd December 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(2), 16(3), 23, 28A(3), 28B(2)(b), 28C(2)(b) and (6)(b), 28E(5), 28F(3), (4) and (8), 28G(3), (4) and (5), 39, 47 and 48(4) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1, paragraphs 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9 of Schedule 4A and Schedule 4B to, the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23); Articles 28A to 28G and Schedules 4A and 4B were inserted by Article 3 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/541/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:21.153122+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."
}