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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016/article-12",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111148044",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Universal credit: work-related requirements",
  "text": "(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2015 Order (claimant responsibilities)—\n(a) in Article 25(1)(a) (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), for the words from “at least one” to “3)” substitute “one”;\n(b) in Article 26(1) (claimants subject to work preparation requirement), after sub-paragraph (a) (but before the “or” immediately after it) insert—\n“(aa) the claimant is the responsible carer for a child who is aged 2,”;\n(c) omit Article 26(5) (claimants of prescribed description to include responsible carers of children aged 3 or 4).\n(2) In the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 in regulation 90 (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), omit paragraph (1).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111148044/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:56.138139+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."
}