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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-exempt-work-hardship-amounts-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work & Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-exempt-work-hardship-amounts-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 13th March 2017\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 2017\nComing into operation 3rd April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 167D and 167G(2) and 171(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, sections 16A(1), 22 and 24(1) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.\nThese powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. Sections 167D and 167G were inserted by Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)). Section 167G(2) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.). Section 16A(1) was inserted by Article 62 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)). Section 24(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”. There are amendments to section 24(1) which are not relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)."
    }
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  },
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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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