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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES\nMade 20th October 2005\nComing into operation 10th April 2006\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1)(d) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 sections 73(1), (2), (3) and (4) and 165(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8. Section 73(1) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1182 (N.I.11)). Section 73(3) was substituted by section 62 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4). Section 165(6) was amended by paragraph 86 of Schedule 6 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": "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 (S.I.1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R 1999 No.481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/459/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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