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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/86",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th March 2002\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 167D and 171(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Article 6(1) and (6) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 and Article 75(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 167D was inserted by Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)) and section 171(2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/86/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:29.860838+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."
}