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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-contributions-limits-and-thresholds-amendments-and-national-insurance-funds-payments-regulations-2016/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111143056",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-contributions-limits-and-thresholds-amendments-and-national-insurance-funds-payments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure – Northern Ireland",
  "text": "Section 4(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (payments into Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund out of appropriated money) has effect with respect to the tax year 2016-17 and the prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure for the financial year ending with 31st March in that tax year shall be 5 per cent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111143056/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:38.772230+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}