{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN\nMade 25th April 2005\nComing into operation 1st September 2005\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 34A(3), (4), (8) and (9), 34B(3), 34C(5), (6), (8)(c), and (10), 34E(2), 34F, 35B(6) and 35D(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) – Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2) – Article 34A is inserted by section 1 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 11 (N.I.)) (“the 2002 Act”); Articles 34B and 34C are inserted by section 2 of the 2002 Act; Articles 34E and 34F are inserted by section 3 of the 2002 Act, Article 35B is inserted by section 4 of the 2002 Act and Article 35D is inserted by section 5 of the 2002 Act"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/221/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:29.466382+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."
}