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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/121",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th March 2005\nComing into operation 6th April 2005\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 62(1)(a) and (c) and 171(3) and (4) 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, by this statutory rule which contains regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 62(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and paragraph 16(a) of Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)); section 62(1)(c) is inserted by paragraph 16(b) of Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/121/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."
}