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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/470",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 4th October 1996\nComing into operation 4th November 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 139(3)(c) of, and paragraph 1(1)(f)(i) of Schedule 9 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 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": "1992 c. 7; section 139 was amended by paragraph 185 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))"
    }
  ],
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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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