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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/331",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 15th September 2015\nComing into operation 6th April 2016\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3ZA, 9(5) and 19(1) to (3) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 and section 27(3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.); section 3ZA was inserted by paragraph 74 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2015 c. 5 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/331/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."
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