{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1991/2628",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, gross weekly income shall be determined in such manner as is provided for by regulations.\n(2) The regulations may, in particular—\n(a) provide for determination in prescribed circumstances by reference to income of a prescribed description in a prescribed past period;\n(b) provide for the Department to estimate any income or make an assumption as to any fact where, in its view, the information at its disposal is unreliable or insufficient, or relates to an atypical period in the life of the non-resident parent.\n(3) Any amount of gross weekly income (calculated as above) over £3,000 is to be ignored for the purposes of this Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (22.11.2000 and 3.3.2003 for specified purposes) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4), ss. 1(3), 68(2), Sch. 1; S.R. 2000/358, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II; S.R. 2003/53, art. 3(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (3.12.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 10), s. 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 2 (with s. 37); S.R. 2012/423, art. 2(2)(d); S.R. 2012/440, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 4); S.R. 2013/201, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 5); S.R. 2013/276, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 10(2) substituted (3.12.2012 for specified purposes, 10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 10), s. 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 9; S.R. 2012/423, art. 2(2)(d); S.R. 2012/440, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 4); S.R. 2013/201, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 5); S.R. 2013/276, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 10(3) substituted (10.12.2012 for specified purposes, 29.7.2013 for specified purposes, 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in operation) by Child Maintenance Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 10), s. 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.R. 2012/440, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 4); S.R. 2013/201, arts. 2(1)(b), 3 (with art. 4) (as modified (30.6.2014) by S.R. 2014/194, art. 5); S.R. 2013/276, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/428",
      "affecting_title": "The Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/428",
      "affecting_title": "The Child Support Maintenance (Changes to Basic Rate Calculation and Minimum Amount of Liability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/2628/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:21.435585+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."
}