{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-2.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/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the basic rate is the following percentage of the non-resident parent's gross weekly income—\n12% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;\n16% where the non-resident parent has 2 qualifying children;\n19% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more qualifying children.\n(2) If the gross weekly income of the non-resident parent exceeds £800, the basic rate is the aggregate of the amount found by applying sub-paragraph (1) in relation to the first £800 of that income and the following percentage of the remainder—\n9% where the non-resident parent has one qualifying child;\n12% where the non-resident parent has 2 qualifying children;\n15% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more qualifying children.\n(3) If the non-resident parent also has one or more relevant other children, gross weekly income shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) as reduced by the following percentage—\n12% where the non-resident parent has one relevant other child;\n16% where the non-resident parent has 2 relevant other children;\n19% where the non-resident parent has 3 or more relevant other children.",
  "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": "Sch. 1 para. 2 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. 3 (with s. 37); 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/2",
    "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."
}