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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/steps-to-work-miscellaneous-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2009/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides that a person using facilities provided in pursuance of the employment programme known as “Steps to Work” as defined in regulation 75(1)(a)(vi) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and receiving or entitled to receive from the Department a training allowance in connection with the use of those facilities (which include the provision of services) shall be treated for certain purposes as participating in arrangements for training under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland)1950.\nThis Order provides that any payment made to such a person in connection with that person’s use of those facilities, except a trading payment, shall be treated as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/297/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:46.597673+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."
}