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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/411",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 for the definition of “benefit” substitute—\n““benefit”—\n(a) includes—\n(i) a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance;\n(ii) a contributory employment and support allowance;\n(b) does not include—\n(i) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;\n(ii) an income-related employment and support allowance;\n(iii) a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 6.4.2016, see art. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1975 No. 113; the definition of “benefit” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 430 and amended by regulation 7(2)(b) of S.R. 2008 No. 286"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/411/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:17.199839+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}