{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-foods-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WELFARE FOODS\nMade 2nd April 2004\nComing into operation –\nRegulations 1 and 2 6th April 2004\nRegulations 3 to 7 1st October 2004\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, 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 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": "See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1); Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); Article 13(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": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(2) to (5) is applied by Article 15A of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, which Article was inserted by Article 22(1) of and paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I.15)), and amended by section 4 and paragraph 35(4) and (5) 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/2004/161/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."
}