# The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Paragraph 17


(1) Where a child lives, or is to live, with a person as the result of a residence order, an authority may make contributions to that person towards the cost of the accommodation and maintenance of the child.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person with whom the child lives, or is to live, is a parent of the child or the husband or wife or civil partner of a parent of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/schedule/1/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-17
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