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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-extended-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/285",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Extended Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-extended-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; Rates\nMade 4th July 2008\nComing into operation 6th October 2008\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and sections 32 and 33 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.\nThe Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.\nThis Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, sections 32 and 33 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 5(1) was amended by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)) and Article 70 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993; see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/285/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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