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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-electronic-communications-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2020/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/147",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-electronic-communications-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 4ZC(2)(electronic claims for benefit)—\n(a) after “a Jobseeker’s allowance,” insert “maternity allowance”;\n(b) after “retirement pension” insert “a social fund funeral payment, a social fund payment in respect of maternity expenses”.\n(3) In regulation 32ZA(2)(information given electronically)—\n(a) after paragraph (f) insert “(fa) maternity allowance;”; and\n(b) after paragraph (ga) insert “(gb) a social fund payment in respect of maternity expenses;”.\n(4) In Schedule 8D (conditions for the use of electronic communication) in paragraph (2) after “a social fund funeral payment” insert “a social fund payment in respect of maternity expenses, maternity allowance”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 465"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 4ZC was inserted by Article 2(3) of S.R. 2006 No. 203 and amended by Article 2(2) of S.R. 2011 No.298, regulation 9(5) of S.R. 2016 No. 411 , regulation 10(5) of S.R. 2017 No. 66 and Article 2(2) of S.R. 2020 No. 87"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 32ZA was inserted by Article 2(3) of S.R. 2011 No. 298 and amended by Article 2 of S.R. 2011 No. 431, regulation 9(15) of S.R. 2015 No. 41, regulation 10(10) of S.R. 2017 No. 66 and regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2018 No. 45"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Schedule 8D was inserted by Article 2(4) of S.R. 2006 No.203 and paragraph 2 was amended by Article 2(4) of S.R. 2011 No. 298, Article 2(3) of S.R. 2011 No. 431, regulation 9(21) of S.R. 2015 No. 411, Article 10 (14) of S.R. 2017 No. 66, regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2018 No. 45 and Article 2(3) of S.R. 2020 No. 87"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/147/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:43:18.038126+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."
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