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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/378",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 6th September 2004\nComing into operation 27th September 2004\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(b) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 10(4) and 74(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999/481"
    }
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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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