Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation as follows—
this regulation, on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act comes into operation for the first time;
regulation 2, in relation to a particular case, on the day on which paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act comes into operation in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into operation; and
regulation 3, in relation to a particular case, on the day on which paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Act comes into operation in relation to that type of case, immediately after that paragraph comes into operation.
In these Regulations—
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“the Act” means the Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008f1;
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“the Child Support Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.