{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 5th May 2016\nLaid 10th May 2016\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles, 5, 7(2), 9(2), (3), (5) to (7), 9(5)(a), 10, 11(1) and (3), 12(2) and (3), 13(3), 14(2) and (3), 15(2) to (5), 16(3) to (5), 17, 19(5), 20(2), 22(3) and (4), 23(3) and (5), 24(2)(d), (3) and (4), 25(1), 27(2), 29(1), (7) and (8), 30, 31(2)(a), (6) and (8), 32(4), (5), (9), 33, 36, 38, 43(3) to (7), 45(3)(a), 46, 48 and 101 of, and paragraphs 1,2, 3(2), 4, 5 and 7 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rule modified (temp.) (8.4.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/63), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(2)(e) (with reg. 6(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/216/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:18.733448+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."
}