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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 2nd March 2012\nComing into operation 6th April 2012\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130A of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in the Department for Social Development.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order under section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\nAccordingly the Department for Social Development makes the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; section 130A was inserted by section 32 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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/188"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 5"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/88/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."
}