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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 4th October 2004.\n(2) In these Regulations –\n...\n“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;\n“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.\n(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 4.10.2004, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 366, S.R. 1991 No. 204, S.R. 1992 Nos. 141 and 201, S.R. 1993 No. 233, S.R. 1997 No. 331, S.R. 1998 No. 325 and S.R. 2003 No. 417"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 366, S.R. 1990 No. 131, S.R. 1991 No. 204, S.R. 1992 Nos. 201 and 403, S.R. 1993 Nos. 233 and 373, S.R. 1997 No. 331, S.R. 1998 No. 326, S.R. 1999 No. 390 and S.R. 2003 No. 417"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 331, S.R. 1998 No. 326 and S.R. 2003 No. 417"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/389/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:13.110074+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}