{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part a child shall be taken to be in need if—\n(a) he is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by an authority under this Part;\n(b) his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired, or further impaired, without the provision for him of such services; or\n(c) he is disabled,\nand “family”, in relation to such a child, includes any person who has parental responsibility for the child and any other person with whom he has been living.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:31.848331+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."
}