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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th September 1996\nComing into operation 7th October 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 142A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made consequential upon section 10 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "c. 7; section 142A was inserted by section 10 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 49"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/422/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."
}