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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-childcare-costs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/249",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Childcare Costs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-childcare-costs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 9th September 2021\nLaid 9th September 2021\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and 48(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and now vested in it.\nThe Powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I 2020 No. 927"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/249/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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