{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-100",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-100.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1972/1265",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972",
  "path": "article/100",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "100",
  "heading": "Liability to maintain spouse or civil partner and children",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Order—\n(a) a man shall be liable to maintain his spouse or civil partner and his children; and\n(b) a woman shall be liable to maintain her spouse or civil partner and her children.\n(2) Any reference in paragraph (1) to a person's children shall be construed in accordance with Article 155 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 2005/479"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1995 NI 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/100",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:41.031010+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."
}