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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/92",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-Related Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 13th March 1996\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1) and 132(4)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in so far as relates to regulation 2(1)(b) and (2) of these Regulations, and after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 149(2)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/92/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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