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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-age-related-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/277",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Age-Related Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-age-related-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; Rates; Social Security\nMade 27th November 2013\nComing into operation 12th December 2013\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(4)(b) and 171(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 14(4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, sections 15(6)(b) and 19(2) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and sections 17(3)(b) and 25 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.\nRegulations 5 and 6 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); section 171(2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (1992 c. 8)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/277/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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