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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-and-employment-and-support-allowance-claimant-commitment-exceptions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2022/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance (Claimant Commitment Exceptions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-and-employment-and-support-allowance-claimant-commitment-exceptions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 25th January 2022\nComing into operation 15th February 2022\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4A of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 and Articles 9(2) and 48(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "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": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.). Paragraph 4A of Schedule 2 was inserted by Article 60(6) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland Order) 2015 S. I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S. I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1) . These powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/927))"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/14/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:36:12.605446+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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