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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-preserved-rights-act-northern-ireland-2002/section-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/5",
  "legislation_title": "Personal Social Services (Preserved Rights) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-preserved-rights-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Preserved rights: alignment of social security benefits",
  "text": "The Department for Social Development shall so exercise its powers under—\n(a) section 131(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) (applicable amount in relation to income-related benefits), and\n(b) Article 6(5) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 15) (amount payable by way of jobseeker's allowance),\nas to secure that any special provision made in exercise of those powers as respects income support or jobseeker's allowance payable to or in respect of persons who have preserved rights ceases to have effect on the appointed day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/5/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:39.107385+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."
}