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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-flat-rate-introduction-year-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Flat Rate Introduction Year) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-flat-rate-introduction-year-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 7th February 2012\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 121(1) and 171(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it, makes the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; see the definition of “the flat rate introduction year” as inserted in section 121(1) by section 9(4) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N. I.)); section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/40/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."
}