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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/462",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; rates\nMade 21st November 2006\nComing into operation 20th December 2006\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(a) and (k) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/462/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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