{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-carers-allowance-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-carers-allowance-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/321",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Carer’s Allowance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-carers-allowance-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th October 2002\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)\nWhereas the Secretary of State has made an Order under section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001:\nNow, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 17(1) to (3) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and now vested in it, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/1457"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2001 c. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1632 (N.I. 11); paragraph (1) was amended by section 7(2) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 10 (N.I.)) and paragraph (2) was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)), paragraph 116 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), paragraph 60 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and section 7(3) of the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/321/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."
}