{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Financial Assistance\nMade 26th February 2021\nComing into operation 4th March 2021\nThe First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, made on 3rd December 2020 a determination under section 1(1) of the Financial Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; and, acting jointly, they have designated the Department for Communities as the relevant department under section 1(3)(a) of that Act.\nAccordingly, the Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2) and 3(1)(a), (d) and (e) of that Act.\nIn accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, the Executive Office approves the making of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Social Development; see section 1(7) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Formerly the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister; see section 1(1) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.))"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/45/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."
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