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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-benefit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/156",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-benefit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 6th April 2001\nComing into operation 25th April 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30A(2A) and (6) and 171(2) to (4) of, and paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 3 to, 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 only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, Articles 59 and 61 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 30A was inserted by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)) and amended by Article 61 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); section 171(2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 3 was added by Article 59(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)"
    }
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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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