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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-northern-ireland-reciprocal-arrangements-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/677",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-northern-ireland-reciprocal-arrangements-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 1st July 2020\nLaid before the House of Commons 3rd July 2020\nComing into force 24th July 2020\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87(4) and (6) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and sections 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.47. Section 87(6) was amended by S.I. 2016/160. Other amendments to section 87 are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.5. Section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, and by Schedule 8 to, the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), paragraphs 57(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 189(4) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, and by Schedule 8 to, the Social Security Act 1998 and S.I. 2013/252. Section 189 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 is applied to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47) by section 87(9) of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/677/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:41.923554+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."
}