{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nSTATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; HOUSING\nMade 7th March 1996\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)\nWhereas the Secretary of State for Social Security has made an Order under sections 150 and 189(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992:\nNow, therefore, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 132 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/599"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 150 was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) and by sections 2(3) and 9(4) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 132 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 7 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/73/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."
}