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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-financial-assistance-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th May 2001\nComing into operation 2nd July 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 60(1) to (4) 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 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/216/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."
}