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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-northern-ireland-2002/section-10",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/10",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Short title and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.\n(2) In this Act—\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8);\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7);\n“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/10/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:35.414342+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."
}