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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contracting-out-and-qualifying-earnings-factor-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/31",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contracting-out and Qualifying Earnings Factor) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contracting-out-and-qualifying-earnings-factor-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY; PENSIONS\nMade 28th January 1997\nComing into operation 6th April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 44A(5) and 177(3) and (4) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 44A was inserted by Article 137(1) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/31/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:06.314425+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."
}