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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1985/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1985/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/53",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1985",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Extent.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Section 29 above extends to Northern Ireland so far as it relates—\n(a) to paragraphs 1, 2, 35, 37 and 39 of Schedule 5 to this Act; and\n(b) to the repeal in Schedule 6 to this Act of paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984.\n(3) Section 30 above, this section, and sections 32 and 33 below extend to Northern Ireland.\n(4) Section 23 above extends to Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.\n(5) Except as provided by subsections (1) to (4) above, this Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31(1) repealed by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 48."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/53/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:00.568833+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."
}