{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/164",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Regulations made by the Department for Social Development and laid before the Assembly under Article 48(2) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, for approval by resolution of the Assembly before the expiration of 6 months from the date of their coming into operation:\nFAMILY LAW\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 29th April 2002\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 16(1), 18(1) and (4), 19(5), 22(4), 28B(2)(c), 28E(1), 28G, 43(10), 47, 48(4) and 50 of, and paragraphs 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 4B to, the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and now vested in it, and section 28 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23); Article 16(1) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13)) and paragraph 14 of Schedule 6 and Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)); Articles 18 and 19 were substituted respectively, by Articles 40 and 41 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; Articles 22 and 28B are substituted respectively, by sections 10 and 5(2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)); Article 28E was inserted by Article 3(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and amended by section 5(4) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Articles 28G and 43 are substituted respectively, by sections 7 and 18 of that Act; Article 47 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 4B are substituted respectively, by section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, and section 6(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 2 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 4 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/164/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."
}