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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 12th March 2020\nComing into operation 13th March 2020\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 147(4), 149(6) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it .",
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      "text": "The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
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      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Functions previously discharged by the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred the Department for Social Development in accordance with Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
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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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