{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/556",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 29th November 1996\nComing into operation 1st April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 13A(2)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with such organisations representing qualifying lenders likely to be affected by the Regulations as it considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 13A was inserted by the Schedule to the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1309 (N.I. 9)) and amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 13A(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/556/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:10.917216+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}