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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/130",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 6th March 1997\nComing into operation—\nfor the purposes of regulations 1, 2 and 6 21st March 1997\nfor the purposes of regulation 8 6th April 1997\nfor all other purposes 7th April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(2), 6(1)(b) and (5), 14(1), (2) and (4)(b), 21(8)(b)(i), 28(4)(i) and (l), 36(1) and (2) and 39 of, and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, sections 122(1)(a), 132(3) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, sections 59 and 165(1) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 4 and 19(1) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2702 (N.I. 13)"
    }
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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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