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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefit-cap-annual-limit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2024/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefit-cap-annual-limit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Regulations made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under Article 102(1A) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation.\nSocial Security\nMade 20th March 2024\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 101(5) and (5B), 101A(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. The Secretary of State has made Regulations under section 96A(4) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, which amend section 96(5A)(b) of that Act and the Department exercises the power to make corresponding Regulations amending Article 101(5A) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)."
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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."
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