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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-capital-disregards-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/157",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Capital Disregards Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-capital-disregards-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.\nRegulation 2 provides that ex-gratia payments made by the Secretary of State to members of the families of the disappeared, shall be disregarded as capital when ascertaining the entitlement to those benefits, but only for 52 weeks from the date of receipt of those payments.\nRegulation 3 provides that any such payment shall be disregarded for the purpose of any deduction to be made from a social fund funeral payment.\nThese Regulations do not impose any charge on business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/157/note",
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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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