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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-information-sharing-in-relation-to-welfare-services-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-information-sharing-in-relation-to-welfare-services-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; Rates; Social Security\nMade 22nd February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 29th February 2016\nComing into operation 4th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5 and 120(2) and (7), 121(1), (2), (3) and (7), 122(8), 123(2) and 135(3)(a) and (b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 .\nThese powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1) Article 5 is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/56/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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