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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/424",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 14th September 2005\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 130, 132 and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 14(1), (2) and (4), 15(1) and (2A) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and sections 15(1)(j), (3) and (6)(b) and 19(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 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 3 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of that regulation should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 15(2A) was inserted by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and 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": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/424/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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