{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-procedure-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-procedure-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/157",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-procedure-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY LAW\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 18th January 2001\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(5)\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 52(2) of the Child Support Act 1991 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(3), 5(3), 12(4) and (5)(b), 46(2), (5), (8) and (10), 51, 52(4), 54 and 55 of, and paragraphs 11 and 14 of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 1991 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (5.10.2009) by The Flexible New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1562), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(c), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(e)(iii)(3) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sections 5(3), 51 and 54 were amended by and sections 12 and 46 were substituted by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19). Section 54 is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/157/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:06:47.101469+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."
}