{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/317",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Child Support Appeal Tribunals (Procedure) Regulations",
  "text": "For regulation 17 of the Child Support Appeal Tribunals (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (confidentiality) there shall be substituted the following regulation—\n“Confidentiality\n17 (1) No information such as is mentioned in paragraph (2), and which has been provided for the purposes of any proceedings to which these Regulations apply, shall be disclosed if, before the expiry of the period of 21 days specified in paragraph (3), written notification has been received from the person to whom the information relates that he does not consent to such disclosure.\n(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—\n(a) the address of the person referred to in that paragraph; and\n(b) any other information the use of which could reasonably be expected to lead to that person being located.\n(3) Except where the appeal is made under Article 43(7) of the Order or is one to which regulation 3(1)(b) applies, the clerk to the tribunal shall notify the person to whom the information referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) relates of the provisions of those paragraphs and that disclosure of that information may be made, unless the written notification specified in paragraph (1) is received before the expiry of the period of 21 days, beginning with and including the date the notification by the clerk to the tribunal was given or sent to that person.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1993 No. 50; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/317",
      "affecting_title": "The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/162",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/317/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:34:49.067439+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."
}