{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-2002-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Leaving Care (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-2002-act-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order brings into operation sections 1-5 and 7 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, (“the 2002 Act”) on 1st September 2005. These provisions amend the Children (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)) as regards the arrangements to be made for the care and support of children who are, or have been looked after by Health and Social Services Trusts.\n25th April 2005 is the date of the coming into operation of sections 1-5 of the 2002 Act only for the purposes of making regulations under those provisions.\nArticle 3 includes transitional provision for those children who become “former relevant” children up until 1st December 2005.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/189/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:43.564843+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."
}