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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-persons-from-abroad-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/379",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-persons-from-abroad-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "housing; rates; Social security\nMade 15th September 2006\nComing into operation 9th October 2006\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1) and (2), 133(2) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 6(5) and (12) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it, and sections 1(5)(a) and 19(1) and (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.\nRegulation 3 is made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of regulation 3 should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 133(2)(d) was substituted by paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705) (N.I. 15)) and section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/379/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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