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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/286",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provisions consequential upon the introduction of employment and support allowance by inserting references to employment and support allowance where appropriate in—\nthe Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\nthe Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\nthe Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1975\nthe Social Security Airmen’s Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975;\nthe Social Security (Mariners’ Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975;\nthe Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975;\nthe Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976;\nthe Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979;\nthe Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982;\nthe Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;\nthe Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;\nthe Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988;\nthe Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988;\nthe Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988;\nthe Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;\nthe Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;\nthe Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\nthe Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\nthe Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\nthe Social Security and Child Support (Decision and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999;\nthe Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000;\nthe Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000;\nthe Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;\nthe Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;\nthe Child Support (Variations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;\nthe Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;\nthe Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002;\nthe State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;\nthe Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Partners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;\nthe Children (Leaving Care) Social Security Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;\nthe Age-Related Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005; and\nthe Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.\nRegulation 13 amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 to make provision for—\nclaims for, and payment of, employment and support allowance;\nthe manner and time for making a claim for employment and support allowance, either by telephone or in writing;\nthe day on which employment and support allowance is to be paid; and\ninserts other references to employment and support allowance where appropriate.\nRegulation 35 makes consequential revocations.\nSections 25(2) and 28(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, the enabling provision under which these Regulations are made, were brought into operation for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations on 1st July 2008, and for all other purposes on 27th July 2008, by virtue of the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 276 (C. 14)).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/286/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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