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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-act-1975/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/15",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-act-1975",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland so much of the Social Security Act 1973 as establishes a basic scheme of contributions and benefits, together with the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Measures (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1974 and other enactments relating to social security.\n[20th March 1975][20th March 1975]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act amended (retrospective to 23.7.1987) by 1994 c. 1. s. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Whole Act, except sections 97(4) and 158 and paragraphs 5(2), 6, 7 and 7A of Schedule 10 repealed (with effect from 1.7.92) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 3 Sch. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Power, to amend or repeal any provision of this Act which relates to mobility allowance, conferred by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9, SIF 113:1), s. 5, Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Power to modify Act conferred by S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I.16) art. 7(1)(a), and 1986/1888 (N.I.18), arts. 18(1)(3)(h), 79(1)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act modified by S.I. 1976/2148"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act modified by S.R. 1976/196, 1977/336, 1978/114, 1978/202, 1978/327, 1979/186, regs. 54, 110, 115, 117, 1979/244 reg. 3, 1979/303, 1981/363, art. 2, 1982/370, art. 2, and 1983/36, 1983/387, 432, 1984/90, 449, 1985/205, 1987/231, 399, 402, 1988/119, 1989/100, 137, 427, 428, 1991/139, 1992/151, 269"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act extended by S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I.15), art. 2(3) and by S.R. 1984/92 reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Act excluded by S.I. 1982/1082 (N.I.14), art. 6 and S.R. 1987/152 reg. 2(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Act applied by S.R. 1988/374."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "The base date version of this Act is as revised to 1.7.1992 and takes account of the effects of the consolidating legislation which came into force at that date"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Act: power to amend conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 173; S.R. 1994/17, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Act: power to amend (for specified purposes) conferred (1.12.1999 for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations) by S.I. 1999/3147, art. 40(1)(2)(f) and (1.12.2000 in so far as not already in operation) by S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(d), Sch. Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Act modified by S.R. 1992/269, art. 2 (as amended (15.7.2015) by The Social Security (Application of Reciprocal Agreements with Australia, Canada and New Zealand) (EEA States and Switzerland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/281), regs. 1(1), 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Act modified by S.R. 1983/432, art. 2 (as amended (15.7.2015) by The Social Security (Application of Reciprocal Agreements with Australia, Canada and New Zealand) (EEA States and Switzerland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/281), regs. 1(1), 3(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act partly in force 6.4.1975, see s. 158(3). Act wholly in force at 17.11.1975."
    }
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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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