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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/369",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 27th September 2012\nComing into operation 1st November 2012\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; 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 S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See sections 149(1) and (2) and 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8); section 149(1) was substituted and section 150(1) was amended by section 89 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/369/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."
}