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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-paternity-and-adoption-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-paternity-and-adoption-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/363",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Paternity and Adoption Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-paternity-and-adoption-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Paternity and Adoption Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th December 2002.\n(2) In these Regulations–\n“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;\n“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.\n(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1996 No. 199 and S.R. 1999 No. 500"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1997 No. 138"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/363/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:55.935600+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."
}