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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-infected-blood-and-thalidomide-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-infected-blood-and-thalidomide-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 24th October 2017\nComing into operation 30th October 2017\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4), 132A(3) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and section 165(4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 14(1) and (4) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it and Article 29(1) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, sections 2(3)(b), 15(3) and (6)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and sections 17(1) and (3) and 25(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, makes the following Regulations.\nRegulations 6 and 7 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 129A was inserted by section 30(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)), section 132A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N. I.)); section 134(1) was substituted by Article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 165 is applied to the provisions of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 by Article 28 of that Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/219/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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