{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1987/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st December 1987\nComing into operation 11th April 1988\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 21(1), (3)(d), (4), (9), (11) and (12), 23(1), (4) and (5) to (9), 24(1), (3) and (5) and 52(1)(m) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and section 114 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18); Article 81(1) provides for section 155(1) to (3A) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c. 15) (extent of powers) to apply to the regulation — making powers conferred by this Order; the said section 155(3A) was inserted by Article 63(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 15; section 114 is applied by Article 53(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/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."
}