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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/149",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Housing; Rates; Social Security\nMade 22nd August 2018\nComing into operation 18th September 2018\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(3) and (4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 14(4)(b) and 36(2)(a) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and sections 17(3)(b) and 25(2)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.\nRegulation 4 is made with the consent of the Department of Finance.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "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 and section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (1992 c. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/149/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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