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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 3rd February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 5th February 2016\nComing into force 6th April 2016\nThe Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9B(9) and 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 9B(9) and 171(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 9B was inserted by section 1(4) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5) (“the NICs Act”). Section 122 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 defines “prescribe” as meaning “prescribe by regulations”. Section 175 was amended by section 2 and paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1992 (c.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. Section 9B was inserted by section 1(9) of the NICs Act. Section 121 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 defines “prescribe” as meaning “prescribe by regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/117/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."
}