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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/246",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; Rates; Social Security\nMade 17th October 2013\nComing into operation 29th October 2013\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5), 95(1), 122(1)(a),123(1)(d) and (e), 131(1) and (2), 132(3) and (4) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , sections 5(1)(a) and (q), 165(1) and (4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , Articles 6(5) and (12) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , Articles 11(3) and (6) and 74(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 , and now vested in it , sections 1(5)(a), 15(6)(b) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and sections 2(1), 4(2), 8, 9, 17(1) and (3), 24(1), (2) and (3), 25(2) and 28(2) of, and paragraphs 4(1), 6(3) and (8) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1, 9 and 10 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 .\nRegulations 9 and 10 are made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel .\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulations 9 and 10 should not be referred to it .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), section 171(1) was amended paragraph 5 of Schedule to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and paragraph 3(3)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.))"
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "!992 c. 8; section 165(6) was amended by paragraphs 109(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705; Article 36(2) 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": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "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)); seealso Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992"
    }
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