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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-information-sharing-in-relation-to-welfare-services-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/289",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-information-sharing-in-relation-to-welfare-services-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of defects in SR 2016 No. 56 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.\nHousing; Rates; Social Security\nMade 27th October 2021\nComing into operation 8th November 2021\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 121(3) and 123(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S. I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1); These powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/927)"
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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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