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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-northern-ireland-2002/section-21",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/14",
  "legislation_title": "State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.\n(2) This Act (except section 19 and this section) shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.\n(3) Any order under this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into operation by the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "fully exercised by SR 2002/366; 2003/29, 211, 373"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/14/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:32.497141+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."
}