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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-calculation-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Authorisation of representative",
  "text": "(1) A person may authorise a representative, whether or not legally qualified, to receive notices and other documents on that person’s behalf and to act on that person’s behalf in relation to the making of applications and the supply of information under any provision of the Child Support Order or these Regulations.\n(2) Where a person has authorised a representative for the purposes of paragraph (1) who is not legally qualified, that person must confirm that authorisation in writing to the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}