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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th January 1998\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 3(2) and (3), 72(8), 102(10), 122(1), 123(1)(d)(ii) and (e), 131(1), 132(3) and (4)(b) and (d), 133(2)(i) and (l) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 5(1)(f)(iii), 6(5) and 14(4)(b) and (d) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in so far as regulation 3 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations 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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/2/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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