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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-joint-claims-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Joint Claims Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-joint-claims-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th March 2001\nComing into operation 19th March 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(2C), 6(5), 7(3) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 8A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, sections 22(5), 122(1)(d), 132(4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and Articles 9(1)(c), 11, 13(1)(b) and 74(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, sections 5(1)(j) and 165 (1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 6 is concerned, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, Article 56 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into operation of those provisions, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 3(2C) and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 were inserted by Article 56 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N. I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "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)); consent function transferred from the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland to the Department of Finance and Personnel; see Article 6(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 4 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/120/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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