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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/448",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES\nMade 24th September 1996\nComing into operation 15th October 1996\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) to (4), 131(1), 132(4)(b), 133(1) and (2)(a) and (i) and 171(5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, section 5(1) (a), (b), (h), (j), (k) and (q) and 61(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and section 11 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, the aforesaid section 11 and with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in so far as its consent is required, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c. 49"
    },
    {
      "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))"
    }
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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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