{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-approved-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/109",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Approved Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-approved-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nHOUSING; RATES\nMade 23rd March 2000\nComing into operation 3rd April 2000\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30C(3), 86A, 90(a), 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(4)(a), 167D and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 14(4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as its consent is required in respect of regulation 4, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 30C was inserted by Article 5(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)); section 86A was inserted by Article 4(4) of that Order and section 167D was inserted by Article 8(1) of that Order"
    },
    {
      "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 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; subsection (6A) was 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 which transferred the consent functions under section 171(6A) from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Finance and Personnel"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/109/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."
}