# The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“non-resident parent” has the meaning given in Article 4(2);
Definition rep. by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
“application for a variation” means an application under Article 28A or 28G;
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“benefit Acts” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
“child benefit” has the same meaning as in the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;
Definitions rep. by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
“Child Support Commissioner” means a Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland appointed under section 23 of the Child Support Act 1991;
“child support maintenance” has the meaning given in Article 4(6);
“curfew order” has the meaning given in Article 36G(1);
Definition rep. by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
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“deduction from earnings order” has the meaning given in Article 31(2);
“default maintenance decision” has the meaning given in Article 14;
“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;
“deposit taker” means a person who, in the course of a business, may lawfully accept deposits in the United Kingdom;
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“disability living allowance” has the same meaning as in the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;
Definition rep. by 2002 c. 21
“income support” has the same meaning as in the benefit Acts;
“income-based jobseeker's allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);
“interim maintenance decision” has the meaning given in Article 14;
“liability order” has the meaning given in Article 33(2);
“maintenance agreement” has the meaning given in Article 11(1);
“maintenance calculation” means a calculation of maintenance made under this Order and, except in prescribed circumstances, includes a default maintenance decision and an interim maintenance decision;
“maintenance order” has the meaning given in Article 10(11);
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“parent”, in relation to any child, means any person who is in law the mother or father of the child and, in the case of an illegitimate child, includes the father;
“parent with care” means a person who is, in relation to a child, both a parent and a person with care;
“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“person with care” has the meaning given in Article 4(3);
“prescribed”, except in Article 12(5), means prescribed by regulations made by the Department;
“qualifying child” has the meaning given in Article 4(1);
“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
“voluntary payment” has the meaning given in Article 28J.
(3) The definition of “deposit-taker” in paragraph (2) is to be read with—
(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(b) any relevant order under that section; and
(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/2628/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/article-2
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