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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nFAMILY LAW\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 9th April 2003\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 19(3) and (5) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, sections 5(1)(hh), (j) and (k) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 10(1) and 11(3) and (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and now vested in it, and paragraphs 4(3) and (5) and 10(1) of Schedule 7 to 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 19 was substituted by Article 41 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 5(1)(hh) was inserted by Article 70 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 c. 4 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/224/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:59.969588+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."
}