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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-3-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/647",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-3-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2016/352 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nSocial Security\nMade 13th June 2016\nLaid before Parliament 14th June 2016\nComing into force 6th July 2016\nThe Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 3(2) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 3(2) and (3), and 171(10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now exercisable by them.\nThe Secretary of State and the Department for Communities concur with the making of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) so that the power to make Regulations became exercisable by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Secretary of State."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. Section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999/671 (“the 1999 Order”) so that the power to make the Regulations became exercisable by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland. Section 171(10) was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) were transferred to the Department for Social Development by Article 8(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. (NI) 1999 No 481). The Department for Social Development was subsequently renamed the Department for Communities, see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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