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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/486",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 25th November 2003\nComing into operation 29th December 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 171(1) and (3) to (5) of, and paragraph 5(7)(b) and (7A) of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); paragraph 5(7A) of Schedule 3 was inserted by section 36 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "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/2003/486/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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