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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/151",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th March 2003\nComing into operation 6th April 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, 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": "1992 c. 7; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705( N.I. 15))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/151/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."
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