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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Funeral Expenses (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 8th March 2018\nComing into operation 2nd April 2018\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 5 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and sections 134(1)(a) and 171(1), and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and Section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/45/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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