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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-electronic-communications-miscellaneous-benefits-order-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/203",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Miscellaneous Benefits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 2nd May 2006\nComing into operation 26th May 2006\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\nIn accordance with section 1(3) of that Act it considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 9 (N.I.)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/203/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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