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The Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/433 · Made 2 November 2006

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This Statutory Rule has been made to amend provisions in S.R. 2006 No. 286 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule

CONTRACTING OUT

CHILD SUPPORT

Made 2nd November 2006

Coming into operation 3rd November 2006

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 17(1) and (3) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f1, and now vested in the Department for Social Developmentf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1996/1632 (N.I. 11); Article 17(1) was amended by section 7(1) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002   (c. 10 (N.I.))

f2

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 3rd November 2006.

2Amendment of the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order

In Article 2 of the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f1 (contracting out of functions relating to child support)―

(a)

in paragraph (1) after “paragraph (2)” insert “or (3),”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)―

(i)

at the end of sub-paragraph (c) add “or”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (d) omit “or”, and

(iii)

omit sub-paragraph (e);

(c)

after paragraph (2) add the following paragraph―

“(3)

Paragraph (1) shall not include any function if—

(a)

it is a power or right of entry, search or seizure into or of any property; or

(b)

it is a power or duty to make subordinate legislation.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd November 2006

L.S.

John O’Neill

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments to the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (“the Order”).

Article 1 makes provision for citation and commencement.

Article 2 makes some minor amendments to, and removes a sub-paragraph from, the Order. It adds a new paragraph which clarifies the functions listed in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) as excluded functions which may be contracted out by the Department for Social Development.