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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-7-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/article-51",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1510",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-7-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the Act\" means the Child Support Act 1991 ;\n“legally qualified panel member\" has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999; and\n“maintenance period\" and “relevant person\" have the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1991 c.48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/1813; there are amendments to regulation 1(2) which are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1510/article/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:44:56.951999+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."
}