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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/217",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-independence-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 3rd May 2016\nLaid before Parliament 10th May 2016\nComing into operation 20th June 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 82(3), 83(3) and (4), 84(3) and (4), 85(1) to (4) and (5)(a) and (c), 86(1), (3)(b) and (4), 88(3), 90(1), (5) and (6), 91(1) and (3), 92, 97(1) and 99(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/217/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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