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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 10th March 2003\nComing into operation 1st April 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(b) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 6(5), 14(1), (2), (3) and (4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 74(4) to (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and now vested in it, and section 60(1) to (4) of the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 4 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of that regulation 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": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 c. 4 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "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)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/154/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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