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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefit-cap-housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefit-cap-housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing\nMade 22nd February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 29th February 2016\nComing into operation 31st May 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5 and 101(1), (3), (4)(a), (b), (c) and (g), (5) and (7) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1). Article 5 is cited for the meaning of “prescribe” and “regulations”."
    }
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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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