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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/241",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 6th June 2016\nLaid before Parliament 13th June 2016\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2(2), 10, 21(2)(e) and (3) to (6), 21A(4), (5) and (9), 21B(1) to (4), (6) and (7), 22(4) and 36(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 14AA 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 10 was amended by Article 51 of, paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 and Part 3 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)) (“the 2015 Order”), Article 21 was substituted and Articles 21A and 21B inserted by Article 52(1) of the 2015 Order, 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) and paragraph 14AA was inserted by 52(2)(b) of the 2015 Order. Article 2(2) is cited for the meaning it gives to ‘prescribed’. Those powers are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481. See also section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/241/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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