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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-act-northern-ireland-2000/section-69",
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  "legislation": "nia/2000/4",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-act-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Short title and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.\n(2) In this Act—\nthe 1998 Order means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 10);\nthe 1999 Order means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (NI 11);\nthe Administration Act means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);\nthe Child Support Order means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 23);\nthe Contributions and Benefits Act means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);\nthe Department means the Department for Social Development;\nthe Housing Executive means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;\nthe Jobseekers Order means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15);\nthe Pension Schemes Act means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49);\nthe Pensions Order means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22);\nstatutory provision has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2000/4/section/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:56.554926+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}