{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 15th March 2017\nComing into operation 6th April 2017\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1)(a) and (2) and 171(1), (3), and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992, and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c .7; section 134(1) was substituted by article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of SR 1999 No. 481 and Section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/55/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."
}