{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 28th November 2023\nComing into operation 31st December 2023\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 78(3) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. See section 121(1) of this Act for the definition of “prescribe”. Section 78(3) is amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5). Section 171 is amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/192/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:19.249699+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}