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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING\nMade 20th March 1997\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(d), 129(2) and (4), 133(2)(i) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
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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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