{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contact-with-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contact-with-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/443",
  "legislation_title": "Contact with Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contact-with-children-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contact with Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996.\n(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered Article is to the Article of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 bearing that number.\n(3) Any notice required under these Regulations is to be given in writing and may be sent by ordinary post.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/443/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:29.488611+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."
}