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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-paternity-and-adoption-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/363",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Paternity and Adoption Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 27th November 2002\nComing into operation 8th December 2002\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(e), 132(3) and (4)(b), 133(2)(d) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 14(1) and (4)(b), 23 and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, by this statutory rule, which (apart from regulation 2(5)) contains only regulations consequential on the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 and which is made before the end of a period of six months from the commencement of those provisions, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, in so far as regulation 4 is concerned, 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 Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to that Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/363/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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