The Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made: 2nd November 2006

Coming into operation: 3rd November 2006

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 17(1) and (3) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996[^f00001], and now vested in the Department for Social Development[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 3rd November 2006.

Amendment of the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order

2

In Article 2 of the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00003] (contracting out of functions relating to child support)―

• (a) in paragraph (1) after “paragraph (2)” insert “or (3),”;

• (b) in paragraph (2)―

• (i) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) add “or”,

• (ii) in sub-paragraph (d) omit “or”, and

• (iii) omit sub-paragraph (e);

• (c) after paragraph (2) add the following paragraph―

(3) Paragraph (1) shall not include any function if— (a) it is a power or right of entry, search or seizure into or of any property; or (b) it is a power or duty to make subordinate legislation.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd November 2006

John O’Neill — A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order makes amendments to the Contracting Out (Functions Relating to Child Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (“the Order”).

Article 1 makes provision for citation and commencement.

Article 2 makes some minor amendments to, and removes a sub-paragraph from, the Order. It adds a new paragraph which clarifies the functions listed in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) as excluded functions which may be contracted out by the Department for Social Development.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1996/1632 (N.I. 11); Article 17(1) was amended by section 7(1) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00003]: S.R. 2006 No. 286