{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Initial effective date",
  "text": "(1) The effective date of a decision under Article 13 is the date provided as the initial effective date in the notice given to the non-resident parent under regulation 11.\n(2) The non-resident parent must be notified of the initial effective date—\n(a) by written notice posted to the last known postal address of the non-resident parent at least two days prior to the initial effective date; ...\n(b) by telephone on or before the initial effective date and by written notice sent by ordinary post to the last known postal address of the non-resident parent; or\n(c) by electronic communication in accordance with the Schedule, at least one day prior to the initial effective date.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 12(1): reg. 12 renumbered as reg. 12(1) (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Modification, Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/193), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Modification, Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/193), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 12(2) added (30.6.2014) by The Child Support (Modification, Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/193), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(2)(a) substituted (26.5.2022) by The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/178), arts. 1, 5(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 12(2)(a) omitted (26.5.2022) by virtue of The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/178), arts. 1, 5(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(2)(b) substituted (26.5.2022) by The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/178), arts. 1, 5(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 12(2)(c) and word inserted (26.5.2022) by The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/178), arts. 1, 5(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/427/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:12:57.336498+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."
}