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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/111",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 12th March 2008\nComing into operation 7th April 2008\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) and (2) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and Article 74(4) to (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and now vested in it.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 2(2)(c) should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 4 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8); section 64 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) added paragraph (af) to section 149(5) which defines “the relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/111/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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