# The Child Support (Voluntary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Voluntary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on the day on which Article 28J of the Order comes into operation.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Order” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“debit card” means a card, operating as a substitute for a cheque, that can be used to obtain cash or to make a payment at a point of sale whereby the card holder’s bank or building society account is debited without deferment of payment;
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“the qualifying child’s home” means the home in which the qualifying child resides with the person with care ...; and
“relevant person” means—
(a)a person with care;
(b)a non-resident parent;
(c)a parent who is treated as a non-resident parent under regulation 49 of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 ,
in respect of whom a maintenance calculation has been applied for, ...or is or has been in force.
“water charges” means any water and sewerage charges under Chapter I of Part VII of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 in so far as such charges are in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as his home.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/21/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-voluntary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-1
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