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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-work-allowance-and-taper-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Work Allowance and Taper) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-work-allowance-and-taper-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 22nd November 2021\nComing into operation 24th November 2021\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 13(3)(a) and 48(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThe 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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "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)"
    },
    {
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I 2020/927"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/302/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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