# The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation in relation to a particular case on the day on which sections 1(2) and 4 of, and paragraphs 12 and 27 of Schedule 3 to, the Act come into operation in relation to that type of case.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“the Children Order” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000;
“date of notification to the non-resident parent” means the date on which the non-resident parent is first given notice of a maintenance application;
“effective application” means as provided for in regulation 3;
“date of receipt” means the day on which the information or document is actually received;
“effective date” means the date on which a maintenance calculation takes effect for the purposes of the Order;
“notice of a maintenance application” means notice by the Department under regulation 5(1) that an application for a maintenance calculation has been made... in relation to which the non-resident parent is named as a parent of the child to whom the application relates;
“the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;
“maintenance period” has the same meaning as in Article 19(4A) of the Order;
“relevant person” means—
(a)a person with care;
(b)a non-resident parent;
(c)a parent who is treated as a non-resident parent under regulation 8 of the Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases Regulations,
in respect of whom a maintenance calculation has been applied for, ... or is or has been in force.
(3) The provisions in Schedule 1 shall have effect to supplement the meaning of “child” in Article 3 of the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/17/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-1
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