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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-act-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-7/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "nia/2000/4",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/23",
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  "number": "23",
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  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\naffected shall be construed subject to any regulations under sub-paragraph (2);\nappeal tribunal means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part II of the 1998 Order;\nthe Chief Commissioner means the Chief Social Security Commissioner;\nCommissioner means the Chief Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner, and includes a tribunal of two or more Commissioners constituted under paragraph 10(5);\nprescribed means prescribed by regulations under this Schedule;\nrelevant authority has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1);\nrelevant decision has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2).\n(2) Regulations may make provision specifying the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as a person who is affected by any decision of a relevant authority.\n(3) For the purposes of this Schedule any decision that is made or falls to be made—\n(a) by a person authorised to carry out any function of a relevant authority relating to housing benefit; or\n(b) by a person providing services relating to housing benefit directly or indirectly to a relevant authority,\nshall be treated as a decision of the relevant authority on whose behalf the function is carried out or, as the case may be, to whom those services are provided.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
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      "affecting": "nia/2007/2",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007"
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    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
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      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
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      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
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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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