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| Provision of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| Article 1(3) to (5) | Title and commencement |
| Article 2 | Interpretation |
| Article 3 | Meaning of “child” |
| Article 4(3)(c) | Meaning of certain terms used in the Order |
| Article 7(4), (7) and (8) | Child support maintenance |
| Article 8(3) | Child support maintenance: supplemental provisions |
| Article 9(1) (in so far as it confers power to prescribe kinds of benefit for the purposes of that paragraph), (9), (10) and (13) | Applications by those receiving benefit |
| Article 10(5), (9) and (11)(e) | Role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children |
| Article 12 | Relationship between maintenance assessments and certain court orders and related matters |
| Article 14(2), (3) and (5) | Interim maintenance assessments |
| Article 16(1) and (3) | Information required by the Department |
| Article 18(1), (2), (5) and (6) | Periodical reviews |
| Article 19(4) and (6)(b) | Reviews on change of circumstances |
| Article 20(8) and (11) | Reviews of decisions of child support officers |
| Article 23(2) and (3) | Child support appeal tribunals |
| Article 25(6) and (7) | Appeal to Child Support Commissioner |
| Article 26(2)(a), (3)(c) and (5) | Appeal from Child Support Commissioner on question of law |
| Article 29(2) and (3) | Collection of child support maintenance |
| Article 30(1) and (4) | Collection and enforcement of other forms of maintenance |
| Article 31(8) | Deduction from earnings orders |
| Article 32(1) to (5) and (7) to (9) | Regulations about deduction from earnings orders |
| Article 34(1) | Regulations about liability orders |
| Article 35(2) to (4) | Enforcement of liability orders |
| Article 36 | Enforcement in Northern Ireland of English and Scottish liability orders |
| Article 37(4)(a)(ii), (8) and (11) | Commitment to prison |
| Article 38(2), (3) and (4) | Arrears of child support maintenance |
| Article 39 | Special cases |
| Article 40(1)(b) and (2)(a) | Contribution to maintenance by deduction from benefit |
| Article 41(3) | Jurisdiction |
| Article 42 | Jurisdiction of courts in certain proceedings under the Order |
| Article 43(11) | Failure to comply with obligations imposed by Article 9 |
| Article 44 | Fees |
| Article 46(5) and (7)(d) | Unauthorised disclosure of information |
| Article 47 | Supplementary powers to make regulations |
| Article 48 | Regulations and orders |
| Article 49 | Co-ordination with Great Britain |
| Article 50 | Application to Crown |
| Article 51(1) | Amendments, etc. |
Schedule 1 in the respects specified below and Article in so far as it relates to them— paragraphs 1(3) and (5), 2(1), 4(1) and (3), 5(1), (2) and (4), 6(2) to (6), 7 to 9, 11, 14 and 16(5), (10) and (11) | Maintenance assessments |
| Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 and Article 16(4) in so far as it relates to that paragraph | Provision of information to the Department |
| Paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 and Article 23(4) in so far as it relates to that paragraph | Child support appeal tribunals |
| Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 and Article 224 in so far as it relates to that paragraph | Child Support Commissioners |
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