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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-ireland-order-northern-ireland-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-ireland-order-northern-ireland-2007/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/438",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-ireland-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 26th September 2007\nComing into operation 1st October 2007\nThe Secretary of State for Northern Ireland makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 155(1)(a) and (2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/188), art. 2(a), Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Rules modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/73), Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/438/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."
}