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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-support-amendment-covid-19-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/44",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Support (Amendment) (COVID-19) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-support-amendment-covid-19-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Welfare\nLaid before the Assembly in draft\nMade 24th March 2020\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 135 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nIn accordance with Article 135(5) of that Order, a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
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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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