{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th May 1996\nComing into operation 7th October 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(2), 4(1)(c), 5(1)(f)(iii), (2) and (4), 6(1)(b), (2), (4), (5) and (12), 7(3), 8(2) to (5) and (8), 9(2) to (6) and (8), 10, 11(1), (8), (10), (11) and (12), 12(1), (6)(c) and (7), 13(2), (5) and (7), 14, 15, 17(1), (2)(d) and (5), 19(1), 21(2), (4), (7), (8) and (10)(c), 22(3) to (8), 25(1), (3) and (4), 36(2) and 39 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, sections 5(1)(h), (j) and (k), 20(4) and 21(9) and (10) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and section 167D of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 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, those provisions of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 167D was inserted by Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/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."
}