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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-2000-act-commencement-no-9-order-northern-ireland-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/53",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-2000-act-commencement-no-9-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.\n(2) In this Order –\n“the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and, except where otherwise stated, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act;\n“absent parent” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order before its amendment by the Act;\n“the Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 as in operation immediately before 3rd March 2003;\n“the Assessment Procedure Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 as in operation immediately before 3rd March 2003;\n“effective date”, in relation to a maintenance assessment or a maintenance calculation, has the meaning given in Article 8;\n“existing assessment” means a maintenance assessment which is in force with an effective date which is before 3rd March 2003;\n“maintenance assessment” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order before its amendment by the Act;\n“maintenance calculation” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order as amended by the Act;\n“non-resident parent” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order as amended by the Act;\n“partner” has the meaning given in paragraph 10C(4) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order as amended by the Act;\n“person with care” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order;\n“prescribed benefit” means a benefit prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(c) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Order as amended by the Act;\n“qualifying child” has the meaning given in the Child Support Order;\n“relevant person” means, in relation to a maintenance assessment, the absent parent or person with care and, in relation to a maintenance calculation, the non-resident parent or person with care.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in operation at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1992 No. 466; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1995 Nos. 19, 162 and 475"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1992 No. 340; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1995 Nos. 162 and 475, S.R. 1996 No. 590, S.R. 1998 No. 8 and S.R. 1999 No. 167"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See regulation 4(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/53/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:51.991736+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."
}