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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-modification-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-modification-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nTerms And Conditions Of Employment\nMade 16th December 2021\nComing into operation 17th December 2021\nThe Department for Communities, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(2)(b) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it, with the concurrence of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in so far as such concurrence is required.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; sections 12(2) and 165(1) were amended respectively by paragraphs 41 and 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Functions previously discharged by the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred to the Department for Social Development in accordance with Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "By virtue of section 12(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) regulations made by the Department pursuant to section 12(2) of that Act require the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. By virtue of section 50(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) references to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in enactments are to be taken as references to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/347/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:36:24.621496+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."
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