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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 6th July 2017\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 2017\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(1) to (4) and (6) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000.\nThese powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 4 (N.I.); subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 44 of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015 No. 2006 (N.I.1). Section 60(6) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/143/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."
}