{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/steps-to-work-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/297",
  "legislation_title": "The Steps to Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/steps-to-work-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Employment And Training\nSocial Security\nMade 18th August 2009\nComing into operation 5th October 2009\nThe Department for Employment and Learning makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1)(a), (c) and (d) of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 and now vested in it.\nIt appears to the Department for Employment and Learning that provision has been made under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of arrangements known as “Steps to Work” made by it under that section to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment: see 2001 c. 15 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1087 (N.I. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 481: see Article 4(b) and Part II of Schedule 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1950 c. 29 (N.I.). Section 1 was amended by Article 3 of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1087 (N.I. 10)) and Article 5 of the Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1200 (N.I. 8)). By virtue of Article 4(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 2 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481) functions under the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 were transferred to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/297/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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