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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
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  "number": "49A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from a liable relative where the child or young person in respect of whom the payment is made is a member of the claimant’s family, except where the person making the payment is the claimant or the claimant’s partner.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n“child maintenance” means any payment towards the maintenance of a child or young person, including any payment made voluntarily and payments made under—\n(a)the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;\n(b)the Child Support Act 1991\n(c)a court order;\n(d)a consent order;\n(e)a maintenance agreement registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books;\n“liable relative” means a person listed in regulation 54 (interpretation) of the Income Support Regulations, other than a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) of that definition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 49A substituted (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in operation) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/338), regs. 1(4), 6(6)(d)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 49A(2) substituted (1.5.2011) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/136), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(c)"
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