{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WELFARE FOODS\nMade 9th June 1998\nComing into operation 20th July 1998\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 13(3) and (4) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 and section 171(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); was amended by Section 4 of and paragraph 35(1) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(2) to (5) is applied by Article 15A of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)), which Article was inserted by Article 22(1) of and paragraph 6(9) of Schedule 6 to that Order and amended by Section 4 of and paragraph 35(4) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/210/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."
}