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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-2010-act-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "16th December 2011 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010—\n(a) section 11(5) (conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance) in so far as it inserts Article 4(3B)(a) and (3C) only into the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; and\n(b) section 12(5)(a) and (b) (conditions for contributory employment and support allowance).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 4(3B) and (3C) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is inserted by section 11(5) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/430/article/2",
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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."
}