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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 4th April 2012\nComing into operation 1st May 2012\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(4), 4(6), 24(2)(b), 25(2) and 28(2) and paragraphs 1, 4 and 9 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1(1), and 7(1) and 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.",
  "extent": null,
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      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
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  "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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