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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111141236",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Earnings tapers",
  "text": "(1) Section 2 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (amount of contributory allowance) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(c), after “making” insert—\n“(i) deductions in respect of earnings calculated in the prescribed manner (which may include multiplying some or all earnings by a prescribed percentage), and”.\n(ii)\n(3) At the end insert—\n“(6) In subsection (1)(c)(i) the reference to earnings is to be construed in accordance with sections 3, 4 and 112 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111141236/schedule/5/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:58.125999+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."
}