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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 23rd February 2001\nComing into operation 9th April 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a), 123(1)(e), 131(1), 132(4)(b), 133(2)(d) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, sections 1(1), 13A(2)(a) and 165(4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 6(5), 23, 28 and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it, 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": "1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 13A was inserted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1309 (N.I. 9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/78/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:12:44.161995+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."
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