{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/112",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 2nd March 2015\nComing into operation 6th April 2015\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 130A and 165(1), (4) and (5) 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.)) and section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions(Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and section 18(5) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c.7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/186"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/112/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."
}