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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/80",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Regulations made by the Department for Social Development and laid before the Assembly under section 51(3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of 6 months from the date of their coming into operation\nSocial Security\nMade 26th February 2016\nComing into operation 6th April 2016\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10, 18(2), (3) and (4), 20 and 51(6) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "2015 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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