{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/421",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit (Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 24th September 2003\nComing into operation 6th October 2003\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 5(1)(h), (hh) and (2A) and 165(1), (4)(a) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Articles 11(3) and (6) and 74(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, section 115(3) and (4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and sections 1(5), 2(6), 12(2) and (3), 13(1), 15(1)(e) and (j), 15(2), (4), (6)(b) and (d) and 17(2)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, 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. 8; section 5(l)(hh) was inserted by Article 70 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)) and amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4) and section (2A) was inserted by paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 4 to, the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "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/2003/421/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:06.702831+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."
}