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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-and-severe-disablement-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/174",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Severe Disablement Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-and-severe-disablement-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st March 1997\nComing into operation 1st April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 68(11)(cc), 167D(1) and 171 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 68(11)(cc) was inserted by Article 11(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)); section 167D was inserted by Article 8(1) of that Order"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/174/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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