{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-2000-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-2000-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-2000-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order provides for the coming into operation of provisions of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 relating to child support as follows—\n31st January 2001 for provisions—\nmaking it a criminal offence either to fail to provide information or to provide false information, and\nrelating to powers of inspectors, presumption of parentage and jurisdiction;\n15th February 2001 for provisions relating to redetermination of appeals; and\n2nd April 2001 for provisions relating to imprisonment and disqualification from driving.\nThe impact on business of the commencement of provisions in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 is detailed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill. A copy of that Assessment may be obtained, free of charge, from Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/406/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:30.620550+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."
}