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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/73",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;\n“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 1.4.1996, see art. 1(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 49"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending provisions are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 274, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 Nos. 139 and 249, S.R. 1990 Nos. 131, 213 and 346, S.R. 1991 Nos. 46 and 338, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149, 165, 235 and 373, S.R. 1994 Nos. 65 and 77 and S.R. 1995 Nos. 71, 86, 301 and 434"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/73/article/2",
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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."
}