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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-third-party-deductions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/412",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Third Party Deductions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-third-party-deductions-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th September 2003\nComing into operation 6th October 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a), 131(1) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and sections 5(1)(q) and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; see section 11 of, and paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1 to, the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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/2003/412/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."
}