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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-child-support-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-child-support-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/286",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-child-support-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 28th June 2006\nComing into operation 3rd July 2006\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 17(1) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and now vested in the Department for Social Development.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order under section 69 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.\nAccordingly, the Department for Social Development makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 40"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/286/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}