{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/438",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ADOPTION\nMade 20th September 1996\nComing into operation 4th November 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 10(1) and 59A of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22); Article 59A was inserted by paragraph 164 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/438/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."
}