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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-steps-to-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-steps-to-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Steps to Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-steps-to-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 27th March 2009\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 14(4)(a) and (b), 21(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 22(4), 22A(3), 22B(4) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 22(4) was amended by paragraph 27(5) of Schedule 8 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Articles 22A and B were inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and Article 36(2) was amended by paragraph 55 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": "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/2009/141/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."
}