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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-study-disruption-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/52",
  "legislation_title": "The Covid-19 Study Disruption Payment Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-study-disruption-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Financial Assistance\nMade 8th March 2021\nComing into operation 10th March 2021\nThe First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, made on 2nd March 2021 a determination under section 1(1) of the Financial Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 2009; and, acting jointly, they have designated the Department for the Economy as the relevant department under section 1(3)(a) of that Act.\nAccordingly, the Department for the Economy, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2), 3 and 4 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",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Employment and Learning: see article 6(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No.76) and section 1(3), (10) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Formerly the Office of the First Minister and the deputy First Minister: see section 1(1) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c5."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/52/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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