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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1986/schedule-9/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/50",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“the Commissioners” means the Chief and other Social Security Commissioners for Northern Ireland;\n“the Department”, except in the expression “the Department of Finance and Personnel”, means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.\n(2) The references in paragraphs 3(1)(b) and 4 to service by any person as a Commissioner include references to service treated as service as a Commissioner under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (service under former enactments).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 15."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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