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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-hardship-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Hardship) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-hardship-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 11th September 2017\nLaid before Parliament 13th September 2017\nComing into operation 25th October 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2(2), 21C(1), (2)(a) and (e) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 2(2) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Article 21C was inserted by Article 52(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)) and is repealed by Schedule 12 to that Order from a date to be appointed. Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671). Paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 was amended by paragraph 16(5) and (6) of Schedule 7 and paragraph 27(7) of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and paragraph 114 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006. Article 4 was amended by Article 4 of Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1)). Functions under or for the purposes of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))."
    }
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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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