{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/155",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nSTATUTORY MATERNITY PAY; STATUTORY SICK PAY; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; RATES\nMade 10th March 2003\nComing into operation in accordance with Article 1\nWhereas the Secretary of State has made an Order under sections 150, 151 and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992:\nNow, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132 and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, 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. 2003/526"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5"
    },
    {
      "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) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/155/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."
}