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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-meaning-of-child-and-new-calculation-rules-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2785",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-meaning-of-child-and-new-calculation-rules-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Family Law\nChild Support\nMade 2nd November 2012\nLaid before Parliament 8th November 2012\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1), 29(3) and (3A), 51(1) and (2), 52(4), 54 and 55(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 and sections 55(4) and 57(2) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1991 c. 48. Section 29(3) was substituted, and section 29(3A) was inserted, by the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24). Section 32C was inserted by section 22 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6) (“the 2008 Act”). Section 54 is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. Section 55 was substituted by section 42 of the 2008 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2008 c. 6."
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2785/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}