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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 so as to make service charges for general counselling and support eligible for housing benefit where the claimant occupies supported accommodation (as defined) (regulation 2(1)).\nThese Regulations shall cease to have effect on 31st October 1998 (regulation 2(2)).\nThese Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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