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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-2002-act-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/358",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (2002 Act) (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-2002-act-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into operation of –\n(a) paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act, paragraph 5 of that Schedule in so far as it relates to that paragraph and section 8(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs, is 24th November 2002;\n(b) the provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule in so far as not already in operation, is 24th November 2002; and\n(c) the provisions of the Act specified in Part II of the Schedule, is 6th April 2003.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/358/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:57.504257+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."
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