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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-act-1996/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-act-1996/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/51",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overpayments-act-1996",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Citation and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996.\n(2) Section 1 does not extend to Northern Ireland.\n(3) Section 2 extends to Northern Ireland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/51/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:47.641691+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."
}